In a first, drone delivers vaccines to Palghar village

THE HEALTH department has started delivering vaccines against Covid-19 with the help for a drone to tribal-dominated Palghar district, which has a lot of uneven terrain.

The drive was inaugurated by Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Dr Pradeep Vyas on Thursday.

The drone took only 9.5 minutes to deliver vaccines to Zaat village on Thursday.

Dr Gauri Rathod, the department’s deputy director (Konkan) said, “The terrains in Palghar district make transportation of vaccines difficult… with the help of drones, what should have taken us a few hours was done just 10 minutes… One has to maintain a cold chain for transporation of vaccines.”