J&K to use choppers to airlift vaccine to areas cut off by road
Initially, it will be Covishield, Covaxin later
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Jan 12: The Union Territory Government has decided to airlift COVID vaccine doses to many far-flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir which are cut off by road because of heavy snowfall during winters while it braced up to receive 1.5 lakh doses of Covishield here directly from Pune by air in regular flights during next two days as the Health and Medical Education Department will initiate biggest ever vaccination drive in the UT from January 16 after its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.