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Planning at the district level in India will be crucial in the journey ahead

Under the special freedom offer, Apollo Hospitals will offer the Covaxin vaccine at a no profit cost price of Rs.1,250.

"In the trial, the vaccine will be given by intramuscular route in two doses at day 0 and day 28," it said.

Announcing the price cut on Thursday, the company maintained that it was deeply concerned with the critical pandemic situation in India

"Now, this is something we are still gaining data on, but most recent data looking at convalescent sera of Covid-19 cases in people who received Covaxin, it was found to neutralise the 617 variant," Fauci was quoted as saying during the White House press briefing

The chief minister also asked people to take all precaution as COVID-19 cases are rising again.

Krishnamma, a sanitation worker at Gandhi Hospital was the first person to receive the Covid vaccine in Telangana.

The Brazilian Association of Vaccine Clinics (ABCVAC) confirmed on its website it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian firm to purchase its Covaxin vaccine