Telanganahappens to be the first state in the country to receive permission from the ministry of civil aviation to use drones for delivering coronavirus Vaccines to various primary Health centres, authorities said.
The one-year conditional exemption for Telanganas Medicine from the Sky project will kick off on a trial mode in early May at the Vikarabad Area Hospital.
As part of the project, eight selected start-ups would be divided into four batches of two consortia and each batch would carry out the sorties for 6 days to complete the 24-day trial. A week to conduct an on-ground recce would also be given to all consortia before the start of the programme.
Each drone would carry a combination of dummy vials and regular vaccines over the course of the trials and the performance would be recorded in detail and this data shall be used to guide further policies regarding full-scale adoption.
The has asked the District Administration to plan the on-ground operations and has also identified nodal officers to bolster the move.