18 Members of Parliament are tonight seated in the public gallery of the House.

18 Members of Parliament are tonight seated in the public gallery of the House.

This is to abide by the physical or social distancing implemented to prevent COVID-19.

Speaker of the House, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau says so long as COVID-19 remains a pandemic, these MPs will be in the public gallery so that there is no close contact among parliamentarians.