In A First, Telangana To Use Drones To Deliver Vaccines To Remote Corners
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A trial project will begin on Saturday and the precious Covid vaccines are not going to be in the cargo for now till the project is finalised.
Drones will soon be used to transport vaccines to healthcare centres that are not easily accessible by road under the Telangana government's "Medicine from the Sky" initiative. The liberalised #DroneRules2021 have already opened the floodgates of innovation! Visiting Vikarabad, Telangana to launch the pathbreaking “Medicine from the Sky Project” where drones will be used to transport vaccines to remote areas. #DroneRevolutionBegins1/2 A trial project will begin on Saturday and the precious Covid vaccines are not going to be in the cargo for now till the project is finalised. The project involves undertaking experimental Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flights for the delivery of vaccines using the identified airspace of the Vikarabad district. The attempt will be to deliver boxes weighing 2-3 kilograms that will take off from Vikarabad district hospital to primary healthcare centres, initially within visual line of sight, up to 500 m, and subsequently beyond it, up to 10 km, within half an hour.More Related News