Karnataka Journalists To Be Vaccinated On Priority As Frontline Workers

The move comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Karnataka -- 44,631 cases were recorded today, with 20,870 cases in Bengaluru alone.

The Karnataka government has declared all journalists in the state as frontline workers and will consider them for priority vaccination against COVID-19, state Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said. Our government has decided to consider journalists as frontline workers and accord priority in vaccination against Covid-19. The move comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the state -- 44,631 cases were recorded today, with 20,870 cases in Bengaluru alone. "Our government has decided to consider journalists as frontline workers and accord priority in vaccination against Covid-19," the chief minister said in a tweet today. The journalists will get the vaccine shot free of cost.