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Delhi, Karnataka to test media professionals for coronavirus

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The step comes after over 50 journalists in Mumbai and over 20 journalists in Chennai tested positive for Covid-19 New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government on Tuesday announced that a special Covid-19 centre will be set up to test media professionals who have been reporting from the field during the lockdown.

A similar order was also passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led state government in Karnataka. The step comes after over 50 journalists in Mumbai and over 20 journalists in Chennai tested positive for Covid-19.

Print and electronic media are a part of essential services and are exempted from the lockdown. Most of the journalists who have tested positive are asymptomatic.

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