Hundreds of journalists have lost their lives in the pandemic.
04 May, 2021 - 03:45 PM IST | By indiantelevision.com Team
New Delhi: After Odisha, now Uttar Pradesh has declared journalists as frontline workers to be given priority in the ongoing vaccination drive and also directed authorities to allot separate centres for them where they can be inoculated.
The new government formed in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal has also classified journalists as frontline workers, a day after emerging victorious in the Assembly elections.
“All journalists working in newspapers and the visual media risk their lives and their work will be considered as frontline workers in Tamil Nadu,” said Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Tuesday.
In order to pay tribute and also commemorate journalists and highlight the difficulties they face while reporting the truth in today s scenario, every year World Press Freedom Day is celebrated
Governments must treat journalists as frontline corona warriors: World Association of Press Councils
Journalists from all across the world urged governments of countries to come to the aid of scribes at this critical time since they are fighting with the crisis like doctors and frontline workers.
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NEW DELHI: The World Association of Press Councils, an umbrella body of press councils and similar media organisations around the globe, called on governments to treat journalists as frontline corona warriors fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The WAPC, while observing the World Press Freedom Day, also asserted that journalists should be vaccinated on a priority basis so that they remain safe while doing their duty, a statement said.
Over the past few weeks, India has been witnessing record numbers of COVID cases on a daily basis. In the last 24 hours, the country reported 392,488 new coronavirus.