Over 300 journalists infected in Bangladesh

At least 307 journalists have so far tested positive for Covid-19 in Bangladesh, and death of only five of them has been confirmed.

Besides, four journalists died with coronavirus like symptoms.

Some 92 journalists have made full recovery too, said Ahammad Foyez‎, admin of social media-based journalist group "Our media, our rights," on Sunday (June 14) noon.

He said, of them, 256 journalists were in Dhaka. The 307 infected journalists were from 94 national and regional media houses, including 48 newspapers, 27 television channels, 13 news portals, five radio channels and one news agency.


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