Telangana Covid-19 News Live Updates: Telangana emerges as badshah of steamed rice in India

Even as the Centre allowed booster or precaution vaccine doses for Covid-19 in private hospitals from Sunday, a close look at the booster or precaution dose drive for people over the age of 60 in the state reveals a contrasting picture. Of the 38,08,294 people in the state who are eligible for the precaution dose in the 60 years and above age category, only 3,15,032 people have taken the booster dose. Hyderabad also fares badly. Of the 3,45,845 eligible people in Hyderabad, only 55,541 have taken the dose.