Tight COVID-19 safety measures at parliament as debate on budget bill starts

[webfact]

 

With the ongoing COVID-19 surge in Bangkok and its suburbs, unusually tight safety measures have been imposed at the Thai Parliament, as the three-day House debate on the government’s 3.1 trillion baht budget Bill for the 2022 fiscal year begins today (Monday).

 

Everyone, including cabinet ministers, MPs, reporters and officials, are being required to complete entry forms, either in advance through an app or at the entrance to parliament, causing a bottleneck at the entry points. Each MP is allowed to be accompanied by just one aide.

 

At the order of Mrs. Pornpit Petcharoen, secretary-general of the House of Representatives, all reporters and photographers are barred from using the mezzanine floor, where they usually gather to monitor the parliamentary proceedings, reportedly to ease congestion and to prevent droplets from their conversations falling onto the MPs below.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/tight-covid-19-safety-measures-at-parliament-as-debate-on-budget-bill-starts/

 

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[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

reportedly to ease congestion and to prevent droplets from their conversations falling onto the MPs below.

 

Virus drops keep falling on my head 

And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed 

Nothing seems to fit 

Those virus drops keep falling on my head , they keep falling ..

 

I see Khun Invisible is at the lectern in the pic' .. 

[hotchilli]

Maybe now he's a deity?