Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh also announced that all accredited and yellow card journalists will be included in the list of “frontline workers”.
The CM also decided to give protection to employees of power corporations, who are putting their lives at risk to provide power services to hospitals and other institutions.
On Sunday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had announced that journalists will be given the COVID-19 vaccine on priority in the state.
“All journalists accredited with the Information and Public Relations Department at the state level and also non-accredited scribes authenticated by the district public relations officers – from print, electronic and web media – will be considered as frontline workers for inoculation,” PTI quoted an official statement.
It added that they will be given COVID-19 vaccine on priority.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared working journalists of the state as ‘frontline COVID warriors’, PTI reported.
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