Virus has killed three journalists, infected 156, says PFUJ.

ISLAMABAD -- The novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of three media persons in the country and infected 156 others, according to a report released by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Wednesday.

The report highlights that camera journalists and photojournalists have been the biggest sufferers since the outbreak of Covid-19.

The report, compiled by Zulfiqar Ali Mehto who heads the PFUJ's Covid-19 rescue committee, states that out of the three dead journalists, one was from Multan and two others were from Sukkur.

Sixty-nine journalists have returned home from hospital after recovery, while the others are in quarantine and their condition is out of danger. Faisalabad, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan have not reported a single positive case among the journalists there.

Lahore has reported the highest number of cases at 84, followed by Rawalpindi and Islamabad with 24, Quetta 17, Peshawar 12, Karachi nine, Sukkur six...

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