The district administration of Palghar in Maharashtra carried out an experiment, through which it used a drone to ship COVID-19 vaccine doses in a distant village located in a rugged terrain, its high official stated.
The experiment, which was efficiently carried out on Thursday, might be the primary of its variety within the state, district collector Dr. Manik Gursal, who coordinated within the trial, stated.
“As a part of the train, a batch of 300 vaccines was transported from Jawhar to Zaap village. The duty, which might have in any other case taken greater than 40 minutes, was accomplished in just a bit over 9 minutes. The vaccines have been delivered on the native public well being centre,” the district administration stated in a launch issued on Friday.
The space between the 2 factors is round 20 kilometres, an official stated.
District well being officer Dr. Dayanand Suryavanshi stated this might develop into doable with the assistance of personal entities that got here ahead to assist.
“This can go a good distance within the vaccination drive because the doses can now simply be despatched to the doorsteps of these villagers, who discover it troublesome to succeed in the inoculation centres. To some extent, it’ll additionally assist take away the misconceptions associated to vaccination from the minds of individuals,” he stated.
