Senior reporter based in Manipur’s Ukhrul district dies due to COVID-19

Thotsang Shaiza was the president of the Ukhrul Journalists’ Association and an active member of All Manipur Hill Journalists’ Association.

Thotsang Shaiza, 46, a senior reporter based in Ukhrul district of Manipur died on Saturday night in the J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, due to COVID-19. He is the third journalist in Manipur to succumb to the pandemic. Earlier S. Hemant, editor of a monthly journal and former president of All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union, died. Saikhom Shantikumar Singh, a sub-editor of vernacular daily newspaper Ireibak, also died due to the viral infection. Mr. Shaiza was the district correspondent of a local cable service, ISTV, and Tangkhul dialect newspaper The Aja. He was the president of the Ukhrul Journalists’ Association and an active member of All Manipur Hill Journalists’ Association.