Jammu, Sept. 14 -- As Parliament's monsoon session began on Monday, 25 members from both the Houses tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). While 17 MPs of the Lok Sabha have contracted the disease, as many as eight members of the Rajya Sabha were found to be infected.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said it has carried out testing of more than 2,500 samples of members of Parliament and other officials "on a war footing" over the weekend.

The reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test would continue till the next week for the members of Parliament, officials have said.

Lok Sabha members

1.Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuria- BJP

2.Hanuman Beniwal - BJP

3.Meenakshi Lekhi - BJP

4.Sukanata Majumdar...