Hyderabad, Aug. 31 -- Telangana government has taken an important decision to include COVID-19 in the Aarogyasri scheme. The Central government had included COVID-19 in Ayushman Bharat and the Telangana government will include COVID-19 treatment under the joint scheme of Aarogyashri and Ayushman Bharat.

COVID-19 treatment has been divided into 17 types, 14 types will be treated in government hospitals. Soon guidelines shall be issued for the treatment in the private hospitals in phase wise.

Due to the Center Government's Aayushman Bharat scheme, the state government is planning to include 1668 kinds of diseases for free treatment. The government had decided to treat 642 of these diseases in government hospitals.

Till now treatment unde...