Kenya's lower house wants some 50 MPs to be tested for coronavirus amid fears they may have contracted the virus from a colleague who recently tested positive, the Daily Nation newspaper reports.
Parliament has submitted to the health ministry the names of MPs and parliamentary staff it wants tested, the newspaper reports.
It wants them placed on mandatory quarantine as well.
The MP Kamoti Mwamkale reportedly got infected after coming into contact with Kilifi's deputy governor - who is also infected after he recently returned from Germany.
Mr Mwamkale is undergoing treatment, the newspaper reports, quoting a parliamentary official.
He was reportedly in parliament on 17 March for 19 minutes and may have attended meetings of parliamentary committees.
Kenya has confirmed 42 cases of coronavirus. It has closed off its borders and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
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