Haryana state launched its massive vaccination drive for journalists. According to Haryana chief minister ML Khattar, ''every journalist will be given priority during the vaccination drive and preparations for vaccination administration would be made at media centers in all districts.'' 

The Chief Minister on Saturday announced the launch of a vaccination drive for all media personnel in the state, noting that it is the government's responsibility to ensure the well-being of every journalist who is ''dedicatedly rendering their services'' in this hour of crisis.

The chief minister, while presiding over a review meeting with top officials regarding the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the state, said that during this massive vaccination drive the COVID19 vaccines would be administered to every media person, an official statement said.

On Friday, over one lakh people were vaccinated in Haryana, increasing the cumulative coverage of vaccination to 42.29 lakh. (HT PHOTO)

While 13,867 new Covid-19 cases were detected in Haryana on Friday, 13,584 patients recovered in the past 24 hours and 162 people succumbed to the infection, as per the health bulletin.

On Friday, over one lakh people were vaccinated, increasing the cumulative coverage of vaccination to 42.29 lakh. Of total 162 fatalities, 22 deaths were recorded in Hisar, 21 in Panipat, 18 in Fatehabad, 17 inn Gurugram, 12 in Bhiwani and 11 in Jind.

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