NEW DELHI: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been moved in Delhi high court seeking an insurance cover for media personnel reporting on Covid-19 pandemic.
The petition sought directions to the Centre to "provide medical and/or life insurance cover to each journalists, reporters and all other media persons, whether contractual/adhoc/permanent, of at least ₹50 lakhs each". "Media persons are working round the clock without caring for their own safety and are providing accurate information to public at large ...
Government by introducing insurance scheme for health professionals has already acknowledged the efforts of doctors, nurses etc in the fight against Covid 19.