Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 28 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday lauded the frontline journalists who are covering COVID-19 and said that the state will give them insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh."Frontline journalists have been bravely covering COVID-19 against all odds, risking their lives and they are our real heroes. Our government will cover each one of them with a life insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh," Sonowal said.According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of coronavirus cases in Assam stand at 36. (ANI)

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