Chhattisgarh Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo on Friday wrote to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan requesting him to include journalists in the category of frontline warriors for Covid vaccination.
“Amid a second wave of Covid in India, we should recognize the contribution of print, electronic and web media journalists. Since the beginning of Coronavirus, journalists have contributed very well (to the fight against Covid),” he said.
The journalists have spread information about Covid testing and vaccination in public interest. So, the protection of journalists and their families becomes important, he wrote in the letter.
This will encourage the reporters working on the ground, he added.