Drone used for transportation of COVID-19 vaccines in Maharashtra’s remote village as part of trial

The experiment, which was successfully carried out on Thursday, is probably the first of its kind in the State, district Collector Manik Gursal, who coordinated in the trial, said.

The district administration of Palghar in Maharashtra carried out an experiment, in which it used a drone to deliver vaccine doses in a remote village situated in a rugged terrain, its top official said.

The experiment, which was successfully carried out on Thursday, is probably the first of its kind in the State, district Collector Manik Gursal, who coordinated in the trial, said.

“As part of the exercise, a batch of 300 vaccines was transported from Jawhar to Zaap village. The task, which would have otherwise taken more than 40 minutes, was completed in just a little over nine minutes. The vaccines were delivered at the local public health centre,” the district administration said in a release issued on Friday.