Treat Journalists As Frontline Workers, Vaccinate Them: Devendra Fadnavis To Uddhav Thackeray

COVID-19 Maharashtra: In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Devendra Fadnavis said at least 12 states in the country have recognised journalists and camerapersons as frontline workers and vaccinated them.

Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday demanded that journalists, photographers and camerapersons be included in the frontline workers category to get them inoculated against coronavirus. In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, the BJP leader said at least 12 states in the country have recognised journalists and camerapersons as frontline workers and vaccinated them. "Some 12 states in the country have recognised journalists and camerapersons as frontline workers and given them the vaccine. Unfortunately, the decision is still pending in Maharashtra," Mr Fadnavis said. Several media persons have succumbed to COVID-19 in the first and second waves of the pandemic, he said.