Journalists to get the vaccine as a priority base, says Tripura CM

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AGARTALA:

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, on Tuesday, said that journalists and media workers would get the COVID-19 vaccine as a priority base with other frontline warriors.

Earlier, the Agartala Press Club had sent a letter to the chief minister stating that media workers are also frontline warriors and should get the COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis along with their family members.

Pranab Sarkar, the secretary of Agartala Press Club, had also met the chief minister on Monday to discuss the matter.

(Edited by Laxmi Chyrmang)