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Speaker urges lawmakers to wear facemask as precaution against COVID



KATHMANDU: Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has urged the members in the House of Representatives (HoR) to take required precautions against COVID-19 and to compulsorily wear facemask while attending the parliament session.

In a meeting of the lower house today (Tuesday), the Speaker urged lawmakers to follow health safety protocols against the virus citing its increasing risk again.

Following his appeal, the lawmakers and others attending the session put on facemasks.

Publish Date : 26 July 2022 17:35 PM

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