The government of Telangana on Wednesday recognised journalists as COVID-19 frontline workers and decided to vaccinate them along with high-risk groups from May 28. The vaccination for about 20,000 journalists will be arranged through the Department of Information and Public Relations. In all, 7.87 lakh individuals from high-risk groups will be vaccinated during the three-day special drive. They include three lakh cab drivers and autorickshaw drivers, three lakh workers in vegetable, meat, flower markets, kirana and saloon shops, 80,000 people from civil supplies and 30,000 from fertilisers and pesticide shops.