NEW DELHI: Commercial airlines as well as the Indian Air Force are being roped in to transport the vaccine vials as the government prepares to start giving the first jabs to immunize the people against Covid-19 next week, said sources.
The transportation of vaccines to different parts of the country could begin Thursday evening or Friday morning.
Officials in the Union health ministry, in consultation with the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration on Covid-19, aviation ministry and cargo operators on Thursday prepared a detailed outline for vaccine transportation.