SpiceJet stated it transported 3.5 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday from Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad to 11 cities throughout the nation.
The motion of COVID-19 vaccines started on Tuesday morning. The pictures can be used within the vaccination drive starting Saturday.
“On January 13, 2021, SpiceJet shipped 111 boxes of Covid-19 vaccine, weighing 3.5 tonnes from Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad to 11 cities including Bagdogra, Dehradun, Srinagar, Jammu, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Jabalpur, Ranchi, Rajkot, Delhi and Bengaluru,” the airline stated in an announcement.
The provider stated its freighter flight SG7555 working from Hyderabad to Bengaluru took-off at 8.50 AM on Wednesday with a consignment of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin weighing 90 kg. It landed in Bengaluru at 10.23 am.
“From Mumbai, SpiceJet carried 74 boxes of Serum Institute of India’s (SII’s) Covishield vaccine to various cities including two to Bagdogra, 10 to Dehradun, seven to Srinagar, six to Jammu, six to Kanpur, nine to Gorakhpur, 13 to Jabalpur, 14 to Ranchi & seven to Rajkot,” it famous.
From Pune, SpiceJet carried 34 bins of Covishield to Delhi on Wednesday.
“This follows the successful shipment of 4 million doses of Covishield by SpiceJet on January 12,” it famous.
The authorities on Monday positioned agency orders in superior commitments for over six crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines from SII and Bharat Biotech for inoculating three crore healthcare and frontline staff within the first part of the vaccination drive scheduled to begin from January 16. The value is ₹ 1,300 crore.
Covishield is developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca and manufactured by the SII.
Bharat Biotech has developed the indigenous vaccine Covaxin in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology.
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