Serum Institute of India begins Covishield transportation
Pune: The much-anticipated Covid vaccination era finally kicked off when three trucks laden with the doses of the vaccine, rolled out of the Serum Institute of India (SII) plant for the airport, to save the nation, before dawn on Tuesday.
The trucks came out of the SII premises under a massive security cordon led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Namrata Patil and a few staffers of the SII who cheered and applauded as the consignment left the heavily guarded premises.
While two trucks belonged to SII, another belonged to its collaborator in the venture, Koolex, and the Pune Police would escort it right up to the airport, Patil later told media persons.
After reaching the Pune Airport, the security was taken over by the CISF and the unloading operations started around 5.30 a.m. before the boxes would be assigned and loaded onto flights to different parts of India.
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