SRINAGAR: The Editors Guild Of India on Friday evening condoled the demise of journalists who succumbed to Covid-19 and further urged the government of India to ensure priority vaccination of journalists urgently. In a detailed press statement signed by the president, general secretary and treasurer of the guild, the statement read, “The Editors Guild of India condoles the deaths of journalists who have died because of Covid-19 over the past year. In April 2021 itself, more than 52 journalists died because of the virus. Further, according to the Delhi based Institute of Perception Studies, more than 100 journalists have died since the lockdown was first declared from April 1, 2020. Many of these were brave journalists who had been reporting on the worsening pandemic and bringing to fore stories on the great human tragedy that has been unfolding before us. It also includes editors and other members of the editorial teams who have ensured that newsrooms keep churning out these stories without any break. The Guild pays homage to the fortitude and the commitment to work that these journalists have displayed over the past year.