A journalist succumbed to COVID-19 in Tirupati on Thursday. Mr. Reddy was initially admitted to the COVID-19 hospital at Fatima College in Kadapa after he suffered from breathlessness. In an audio clip going viral on social media groups of working journalists, he had drawn attention to the lack of proper medical infrastructure at the hospital. After his condition worsened, he was shifted to the State COVID-19 Hospital operating out of the SVIMS campus in Tirupati, where he passed away on Friday. Earlier this week, M. Parthasarathy, a videographer working for a private television news channel, died of COVID-19.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2020 17:48 UTC