Handled 9.5 crore Covid vaccines so far; rushing Covid aid safely across India: AAI
Top Searches
Handled 9.5 crore Covid vaccines so far; rushing Covid aid safely across India: AAI
Saurabh Sinha / TNN / May 6, 2021, 16:33 IST
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEMail
NEW DELHI: Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday said it has so far handled 9.5 crore Covid vaccines and that it has made all arrangement for speedy transportation of Covid relief material across the country. Jointly working with (all stakeholders) AAI airports are ensuring that there is no time wasted in unloading of these vaccine consignments and they are handed over to state health departments in shortest possible time to maintain the cold chain. The average delivery time is between 3 to 20 minutes and all arrangements. So far, vaccine consignments weighing about 2.8 lakh kg have been transported across 40 airports through more than 400 flights by seven domestic airlines. An operations control centre (OCC) has bee
Government Issues Guidelines For Expeditious Covid Vaccination Of Aviation Personnel Government Issues Guidelines For Expeditious Covid Vaccination Of Aviation Personnel A dedicated vaccination facility will be established by the airport operators in their respective airports to facilitate expeditious vaccination of staff, the guidelines issued by the the Civil Aviation Ministry stated.
Priority will be given to air traffic controllers (ATCs), cockpit and cabin crews. (Representational)
New Delhi:
The centre on Thursday issued guidelines to facilitate expeditious COVID-19 vaccination of aviation personnel working in government as well as private entities.
A dedicated vaccination facility will be established by the airport operators in their respective airports to facilitate expeditious vaccination of staff, the guidelines issued by the the Civil Aviation Ministry stated.
The Centre on Thursday issued guidelines to facilitate expeditious COVID-19 vaccination of aviation personnel working in government as well as private entities. A dedicated vaccination facility will be established by the airport operators in their respective airports to facilitate expeditious vaccination of staff, the guidelines issued by the the Civil Aviation Ministry stated. Priority during vaccination should be given to the air traffic controllers (ATCs), cockpit and cabin crews of the airlines as well as mission-critical and passenger-facing staff, it said. India has been badly hit by the second wave of coronavirus infections even as hospitals in several states are reeling under a severe shortage of vaccines, oxygen, drugs, equipment and beds.
Govt issues guidelines for expeditious COVID-19 vaccination of aviation personnel
SECTIONS
Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 04:25 PM IST
Share
Synopsis
The guidelines stated that the operator should immediately contact the state governments or private service providers (hospitals), which are willing to set up COVID-19 vaccination centres at the airports. There can be more than one service providers at any airport depending on number of personnel working in the aviation ecosystem, it stated.
Reuters
3,237,819.0
The Centre on Thursday issued guidelines to facilitate expeditious COVID-19 vaccination of aviation personnel working in government as well as private entities. A dedicated vaccination facility will be established by the airport operators in their respective airports to facilitate expeditious vaccination of staff, the guidelines issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry stated.
Updated:
May 06, 2021 18:25 IST
India has been badly hit by the second wave of coronavirus infections even as hospitals in several states are reeling under a severe shortage of vaccines, oxygen, drugs, equipment and beds.
Share Article
AAA
The airports in major cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad are managed by private companies and not by the AAI.
| Photo Credit:
AFP
India has been badly hit by the second wave of coronavirus infections even as hospitals in several states are reeling under a severe shortage of vaccines, oxygen, drugs, equipment and beds.
Around 95 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been handled by the airports managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) till now, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.