Bhopal: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Madhya Pradesh on Monday declared media professionals accredited with the state government as ‘frontline workers’.
While making the announcement, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said journalists were risking their lives while doing their duty during this “dangerous period of COVID-19 pandemic”.
“Therefore, we have decided to declare all accredited journalists as frontline workers in Madhya Pradesh. They will be taken care of,” Chouhan said in a video statement posted on the Twitter handle of the Chief Minister’s Office.
हमारे पत्रकार मित्र #COVID19 के इस खतरनाक काल में अपनी जान जोखिम में डाल कर अपने धर्म का निर्वाह कर रहे हैं। इसलिए मध्यप्रदेश में सभी अधिमान्यता प्राप्त पत्रकारों को हमने फ्रंट लाइन वर्कर घोषित करने का फैसला किया है। उनका पूरा ध्यान रखा जाएगा: मुख्यमंत्री श्री @ChouhanShivraj pic.twitter.com/ghhU2TTXtX
— CMO Madhya Pradesh (@CMMadhyaPradesh) May 3, 2021
Around 4,000 journalists are currently accredited with the state government, according to a public relations department official.
The official said the state government was yet to decide on other modalities regarding this announcement.
Madhya Pradesh reported 12,662 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, which took its infection tally to 5,88,368, while 94 deaths pushed the fatality count to 5,812, as per official data.
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