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Vaccine movement begins, 4 airlines to fly 5.6 mn doses from Pune: Puri

Four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

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1 min read Last Updated : Jan 12 2021 | 10:17 AM IST

Four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

Vaccine movement has started, he said on Twitter, adding that first two flights operated by "SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off".

"Today @airindiain @flyspicejet @goairlinesindia & @IndiGo6E will operate 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh," he said on Twitter.

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Topics :CoronavirusHardeep Singh PuriCoronavirus VaccineSerum Institute of IndiaPuneDelhiCivil Aviation MinistryHealth Ministry

First Published: Jan 12 2021 | 10:14 AM IST

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