COVID-19: Indian Army uses drones to supply booster doses to soldiers in J&K

A video shared by the Indian Army shows a package being dropped as a line of sight issues do not allow it to land or come down. The package was well padded for protection.

This comes at a time when the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported on Saturday that there have been 2,597 active COVID cases, 4,44,646 total recoveries and 4,746 deaths.

While India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 175.33 crore (1,75,33,01,956), 27 lakh (27,47,926) vaccine doses have been given till Saturday. More than 1.89 crore (1,89,07,829) precautionary doses have been administered so far for the identified categories of beneficiaries (HCW, FLW and above 60 years) for Covid-19 vaccination.

The ministry also said that over 1.89 crore (1,89,07,829) precautionary doses have been given to health workers, frontline workers and people aged 60 years and above. The daily vaccination numbers are expected to increase with the compilation of the final report for the day by late night.

The nationwide immunization drive was launched on 16 January with the first phase vaccinating health workers (HCWs). The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) began on February 2. The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination began on March 1 for people above 60 years of age and 45 years and above with specified co-morbid conditions. The country began vaccination for all people over the age of 45 from 1 April.

The government then decided to expand its vaccination campaign by allowing everyone over the age of 18 to be vaccinated from May 1. The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination began on January 3 for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years.

India started giving precautionary doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to HCWs and FLWs, including personnel deployed for election duty and those aged 60 years and above, from January 10, by the Omicron version of the virus in the country. A spike was seen in fueled coronavirus infections.