As we reach closer in the quest for an effective Covid-19 vaccine, with Pfizer, Moderna and Oxford AstraZeneca announcing more than 90 per cent efficacy, governments around the world, including in India, are getting ready for mass vaccination programmes. The Narendra Modi government expects the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin to be available by January 2021 and four more vaccines by the end of April. The main challenge, however, would be in delivering the vaccine to every corner of the country – to the last mile.
India has a well-laid vaccination delivery system owing to its universal immunisation programmes. But in the case of Covid-19, it will be a mammoth task. India can rely on its one of the world’s largest railways and road networks, but looking at the enormity of the situation and the country’s topography, a new, efficient method of transporting vaccines would be required. This is where the drone-based distribution system comes in.
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