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COVID-19: 53 Journalists Test Positive!

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53 journalists have tested positive for coronavirus disease in Mumbai, India.
The Joint Secretary of Health Ministry Luv Aggarwal made this known during a televised press conference.He called the development “unfortunate,” and stressed the need to stay indoors unless it was absolutely necessary to go out.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation tested 167 journalists for the virus where 53 results came out positive.

“We strongly request all journalists to follow protection during their call of duty. We will be following the sampling criteria -anyone who needs to be tested will be tested,” Luv Aggarwal told Anadolu Agency.
Most of the journalists who tested positive were asymptomatic cases.

A journalist in the city, Ashok Bagriya, had asked media houses to facilitate journalists when he tweeted that an entire team had tested positive for the virus.

“The journalists were examined by BMC. Delhi should follow the lead, it is important to tests journalists on the field. Will the media houses now pay for the medical expenses, loss of work, and mental trauma caused to the journalists and their families?” he tweeted.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Gurbir Singh, committee head of the Mumbai Press Club, said they were pushing for journalists to be kept away from the field.

“We are trying to find a way to get the journalists to work from home. If this continues, we will demand greater medical insurance for them, and precautionary gear too,” he said. “Companies and governments need to come up with a plan such that more journalists could work from safe spaces, including videographers and photographers, who are more vulnerable.”

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