Based on a letter from the Association of Journalists of BiH, Bosnia’s Civil Affairs Ministry asked the health ministries of the country’s two semi-autonomous entities and the Brcko District Department of Health and Other Services to include journalists COVID-19 vaccination priority list.

Media professionals are “at all times the most exposed” to developments in society and today they are exposed to the coronavirus threat, the letter the state ministry wrote to the ministries at lower government levels said, asking them to grant the requests of Bosnian journalists.

“With full respect for their request and the fear expressed for the lives of journalists, we ask you to consider the possibility of including them on the priority list for vaccination,” the letter said.

“As you know, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has no authority to decide on the list of priorities for vaccination, but with full responsibility, understanding and human conscience we submit their request for consideration in the hope that you will recognize the importance of their inclusion in the list of priorities,” it said.