Security tightened as first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine reaches Delhi
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Updated: Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 16:02 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 12: Security has been stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital from where the first consignment of Covishield vaccines from Pune will be transported to different parts of the city on Tuesday, police said.
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A SpiceJet flight carrying the vaccines landed at the Delhi airport around 10 am on Tuesday, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against the coronavirus.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Rajeev Ranjan said PCR vans along with local police will escort the vehicles carrying vaccines to its designated places. He said sufficient security arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the transportation of vaccines.
Security has been stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital from where the first consignment of Covishield vaccines from Pune will be transported to different parts of the city on Tuesday, police said. A SpiceJet flight carrying the vaccines landed at the Delhi airport around 10 am on Tuesday, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against the coronavirus. Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Rajeev Ranjan said PCR vans along with local police will escort the vehicles carrying vaccines to its designated places. He said sufficient security arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the transportation of vaccines.
Security enhanced at IGI airport as first batch of coronavirus vaccine reaches Delhi
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Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Rajeev Ranjan said PCR vans along with local police will escort the vehicles carrying vaccines to its designated places. He said sufficient security arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the transportation of vaccines.
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NEW DELHI: The first consignment of Covishield vaccines rolled out of the Serum Institute of India facility in Pune early Tuesday and reached Delhi a few hours later, setting in process a massive pan-India inoculation drive against COVID-19 that begins on January 16.
Delhi airport beefs up security as first batch of Covishield reaches capital
Delhi airport beefs up security as first batch of Covishield reaches capital
Security at the Delhi airport has been beefed up as the first consignment of Covishield reached the national capital.
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UPDATED: January 12, 2021 14:10 IST
The vaccine consignment being transported from a Spicejet plane to the storage centre at the Delhi airport. (Photo: Delhi Airport)
Authorities at Delhi s Indira Gandhi International Airport have beefed up security as the airport received the first consignment of Covishield vaccine from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India.
The consignment of the Covid-19 vaccine will be distributed to different parts of the national capital from the airport.