Its not castigation or blaming, just basic reminders to journalists, as they go on doing the difficulty job of covering COVID-19 pandemic. Security officers had a difficulty time requesting journalists to move some distance from the site, for their safety. “ For the safety of our journalists, please tell the CS to stop live coverage of the updates forthwith. MCK guidelines required that journalists and media practitioners assigned to cover the Coronavirus stories must do a risk analysis to ensure not only their safety, but the safety of their families, colleagues and the community. Ni vigumu lakini hatuma nama, lazima tujilinde dhidi ya virusi vya coronaThe writer is the Head of media development and Strategy at the Media Council of Kenya and is journalists, safety trainer

Source: The Star April 13, 2020 08:37 UTC