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Updated Mar 01, 2021 | 21:49 IST
A 100-year-old man from Hyderabad received the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. The vaccination drive for high-risk citizens began in Telangana today. 100-year-old gets COVID-19 jab as second phase of vaccination drive begins in Hyderabad 
A 100-year-old man from Hyderabad received the COVID-19 vaccine as the much-awaited vaccination programme for high-risk citizens began in Telangana on Monday. The second phase of the vaccination drive is underway in several states of India after the health workers and frontline workers got themselves inoculated in the previous phase.
Talking about the second phase of the vaccination drive for the fight against novel coronavirus, 100-year-old Jaidev Chowdhry, who is a resident from Hyderabad was among the first to get inoculated on Monday. The centenarian, a retired entrepreneur reportedly received the COVID-19 jab at the Medicover Hospital in Hyderabad.
Updated Mar 01, 2021 | 00:46 IST
The next phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive for priority age groups in Hyderabad will begin on Monday. Check out the complete list of government, privation facilities for the jabs. COVID-19 vaccination in Hyderabad: Complete list of hospitals where you can get inoculated | Image for representation   |  Photo Credit: ANI
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The next phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive will kickstart on Monday
The COVID-19 vaccination drive will take place in over 100 centres, 45 public health facilities and 57 private health institutions
Check out the complete list of government, privation facilities for jabs in Hyderabad
The next phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive for priority age groups in Hyderabad is scheduled for a kickstart on Monday. The vaccination drive for the fight against novel coronavirus will be undertaken in 1,200 centres. According to the health officials, the vaccinatio
Can work without a worry now, say health workers post vaccination
A phalanx of police officers stands guard at the door of Area Hospital, Nampally, where 30 health workers are scheduled to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. A sub-inspector of police has a list of beneficiaries, and barring doctors of the hospital, staff, and a small number of mediapersons, entry is not permitted to anyone else.
The vaccine recipients here are largely ASHA workers and nurses of the hospital. Kaushalya, head nurse at the hospital, was among the first to get the vaccine. Sitting on a bed even as she was being observed under the watchful eye of Superintendent P. Sunitha, post administering the vaccine, she says, “During the pandemic, even when the cases were rising, I was not afraid. After taking the vaccine, I feel safe.”