Ahead of the Budget Session of the Parliament, more than 400 Parliament staff members were tested positive for Covid-19, according to official sources. The officials told ANI that 402 staff members were tested positive out of the 1,409 staff of Parliament for the virus from January 4 to 8 after which their samples were sent for genome sequencing to confirm the variant.

"Close to 402 staffs were tested positive for Covid-19 from January 4-8 and all samples have been sent to genome sequencing for Omicron variant confirmation," an official told ANI. According to an internal message from the staff of Parliament, the staff are advised to follow the precautions as per the guidelines of the government.