Hyderabad, March 1 -- The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive kicked-off in Telangana on Monday, with 4558 people above 60 years, and those above 45-years-old with specific co-morbidities, getting immunised under the programme.

Along with the elderly and people with co-morbidities, the COVID-19 vaccination continued on Monday for health care workers and frontline workers, who were administered first and second doses. According to a press release, 249 health-care workers took the first dose and 70 took the second dose. Similarly, 51 frontline workers took the first dose and 16 took the second dose of the vaccine.

The first person to get vaccinated in the second phase was the Telangana health minister Eatala Rajender who receiv...