Mumbai press club demands protection from CM after scribes test +ve

April 21, 2020 11:51

The Mumbai Press Club has written to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asking for immediate assistance after 53 journalists tested positive for the coronavirus. In the letter, the Mumbai Press Club President Gurbir Singh, said that since the media was considered a part of 'essential services', it is incumbent on the government to ensure that all media companies immediately provide proper transport, safety equipment and sanitized space to work, and in its absence, the state government should ensure necessary personal protective equipment and sanitized space to those venturing in the field.

Singh also asked for immediate testing facilities for all journalists in proximity of those who tested positive. He also said that working journalists be given an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh and provided the protection of an essential worker.

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