Covid-19: Mahdzir Khalid says journalists are frontliners and should receive vaccinations fast


IPOH: The Health Ministry has been urged to vaccinate journalists in the second phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme owing to the nature of their jobs.

Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said media practitioners must be considered frontliners as they meet people every day during their assignments.

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