Updated: April 23, 2021 14:50 IST In a memorandum, Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore said all journalists should be given the COVID-19 vaccine Share Article AAA In a memorandum, Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore said all journalists should be given the COVID-19 vaccine Virudhunagar MP B. Manickam Tagore has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to declare all journalists as frontline workers and allow vaccination for them irrespective of their age. In a memorandum, he said that India had the highest fatalities among journalists dying due to COVID-19 across Asia and the second-highest across the world. He said that all journalists, including editorial staff, photographers, videographers, cameramen, technicians, technical staff and all assistants should be declared frontline workers. Even freelance journalists, digital journalists, columnists and part-time media persons should be vaccinated and certificates for vaccination should be given to them.