Vice President of Peshawar Press Club tests positive for COVID-19
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 1 June 2020
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Shahzada Fahad, the Vice-President of Peshawar Press Club and a reporter for daily 92 News, has tested positive for COVID-19. This news highlights the ongoing health risks faced by journalists in Pakistan amid the pandemic.Summary
PESHAWAR—Vice-President of Peshawar Press Club (PPC) and a reporter at daily 92 News, Shahzada Fahad tested positive for COVID-19 in Peshawar on Monday.
Shah Faysal, a Frontier Post journalist, made this announcement on Twitter.
Jamshed Baghwan, bureau chief at Express News, also confirmed this in his tweet.
More than 150 journalists have tested positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan, and several have died since the spread of the pandemic.
Fakhruddin Syed, a reporter at 92 News Television, died of coronavirus last week at the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) in Peshawar
Key Points
- Shahzada Fahad confirmed positive for COVID-19
- Over 150 journalists in Pakistan have contracted the virus
- Fakhruddin Syed, another journalist, recently died from COVID-19
- The announcement was made on Twitter by fellow journalists
- Pandemic continues to affect media personnel in Pakistan
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