COVID-19: Journalists to be vaccinated on priority basis, says Manipur CM

Imphal: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh has announced that all the accredited working journalists in the state will be vaccinated for COVID-19 on a priority basis.

Singh also declared the journalists in the state as frontline workers amid the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said: “We recognise the effort of our journalists to disseminate news & the risk they are exposed to, is no less than other frontline workers. In recognition of all the accredited working journalist as Frontline Warriors,the State Govt. will now vaccinate all the journalists on priority.”