The emphasis is now on giving booster doses and donning masks following a covid practise on Tuesday to assess readiness to handle any rise in covid numbers. While there is a vaccine shortage in Delhi, immunisation rates in Telangana have increased by 400% in in the last 72 hours. The country's highest booster dose coverage, at 48%, was reported for the southern state. Harish Rao, the minister of health for Telangana, has asked for an urgent Covid response package to upgrade medical facilities. Telangana reportedly boasts the highest booster dose coverage (48%) in the nation, however there is still a significant gap between the state's rural and urban areas. Uma Sudhir of NDTV has reported the developments from Secunderabad.
