Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday. Vaccine movement has started, he said on Twitter, adding that first two flights operated by “SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off”.
The first consignment of Covishield vaccines manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SSI) reached Delhi from Pune on Tuesday, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against the coronavirus.
A SpiceJet flight carrying the vaccines landed at the Delhi airport around 10 am. It had left for the national capital around 8 am, three hours after three trucks with the maiden consignment of the vaccines rolled out of the Serum Institute of India (SII) facility, 15 km from the Pune airport.
A SpiceJet flight with vaccines on board landed around 10 am today at the Delhi airport. It left Pune around 8 am, three hours after trucks, lugging the maiden consignment of the Covishield vaccine, rolled out of the Serum Institute of India facility 15 km from the Pune airport.
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