'The Switzerland-based media rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has noted that India is the fourth most affected country as far as media-persons' death on account of Covid-19 is concerned. According to Blaise Lempen, secretary-general of PEC, the global tally of casualties among media persons in the Covid-19 pandemic has reached 1,036 journalists in 73 countries till date,' reports
Counterview.net.
Quoting Lempen, the report said, 'The most affected countries include Brazil (170 dead), Peru (138), Mexico (93), India (62), Italy (51), Bangladesh (47), USA (46), Ecuador (45), Colombia (40), United Kingdom (28), Dominican Republic (27), Pakistan (25), Turkey (22), Panama (16), Russia (15), Spain (15), Bolivia (14).'
You can read the report
here.