Their count shows that Peru’s journalism community has been the hardest hit, with 93 reporter deaths, followed by India with 47, Ecuador with 41, and Brazil with 36. The PEC has recorded 35 reporter deaths in Bangladesh. In addition, the Dhaka-based journalism group Our Media, Our Rights, has counted 1,010 Covid-19 infections from 191 media houses in Bangladesh, as well as 942 recoveries. Most journalists were relatively youngMeanwhile, the PEC has found that most recent deaths involve reporters under the age of 60. “Since early October, more than half of these journalists were under 60 — in their 40s or 50s — according to our count.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 10, 2020 05:37 UTC