COVID-19: Government permits ICMR to conduct study on using drones to deliver vaccine

The Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday permitted the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct a feasibility study on using drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccine, in accordance to an official assertion.

The ICMR will conduct this study in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the ministry’s press launch mentioned.

The ministry mentioned it has granted “conditional exemption” from the “Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021” in order that it may conduct a feasibility study on using drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccine.

This exemption can be legitimate for a interval of 1 12 months or till additional orders, it famous.

 
Three days again, the Centre had introduced that vaccination in opposition to COVID-19 for these above 18 years will start throughout the nation from May 1 as a part of the third section of the inoculation drive.

Registration for vaccination in opposition to COVID-19 for all these aged above 18 will start on the CoWIN platform and Aarogya Setu app from April 28, officers mentioned on Thursday.

India on Thursday registered over 3.14 lakh new coronavirus instances in a day, the highest-ever single-day rely recorded in any nation, taking the complete tally of COVID-19 instances within the nation to 1,59,30,965.

According to the Union Health Ministry’s information up to date on Thursday, a complete of three,14,835 recent infections have been registered in a span of 24 hours, whereas the demise toll elevated to 1,84,657 with a file 2,104 new fatalities.

The Civil Aviation Ministry mentioned on Thursday it has additionally granted conditional permission to “Nagar Nigam” (metropolis municipalities) of 4 cities-Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Rudrapur-to use drones for creating property database and digital tax register.

Similar permission has been granted to West Central Railway primarily based in Kota and Katni to use drones for mapping “train accident site” and “maintaining safety and security of the railway assets”.
 
In addition to these, Vedanta Ltd had on April 8 acquired conditional permission to use drones for “asset inspection and mapping”.

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