Pune: Second vaccine lot leaves for various cities

PUNE: A large consignment of Covishield vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) was transported from the city airport and also by road to various states early on Tuesday.
It was, however, not clear if the consignment was part of a new purchase order or was the pending load from the first order, as SII officials did not respond to TOI’s query till the time of going to the press.A Kool-Ex Cold Chain Limited official told TOI that doses of the vaccine were sent to Unicef centres located in different parts of the country via road late on Monday evening. “The doses were sent to cities such as Delhi, Jhansi, Mumbai, Kurukshetra, Gwalior, Bareilly, Agra, Meerut,” the official said.
“On Tuesday, SpiceJet shipped 122 boxes of Covid-19 vaccine weighing 4.1 tonnes from Pune to Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna and Leh. The airline carried 38 boxes of Covid-19 vaccine to Patna, 35 to Vijayawada, 30 to Hyderabad and 28 to Bhubaneswar. A box of vaccine will reach Leh from Pune via Delhi on Tuesday,” a SpiceJet spokesperson said.
"Continuing its support in nation’s fight against Covid-19, IndiGo today transported 1,347 kgs of Vaccine equating to 528,000 doses from Pune to Chandigarh via flight 6E 6515. The shipment will further be moved to Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh," a spokesperson of the airline said.