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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 1 (ANI): The biggest import consignment of COVID-19 vaccines in India till date involving 56.6 tonnes of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines received in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
June 01, 2021
The 56.6 tonnes vaccine shipment is the single largest import shipment handled in India
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) today received a major import shipment of Russian Sputnik V vaccines that arrived on a specially chartered freighter RU-9450.
The flight with vaccines touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 03.43 hours.
While GHAC has already handled several import shipments of vaccine prior to this, today’s shipment of 56.6 tonnes of vaccines is the single largest import shipment handled in India till date. This shipment was dispatched in less than 90 minutes.
This is a huge consignment of about 30 lakh vaccines, sources said.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tweeted Hyderabad Customs expeditiously cleared the 3rd and the largest shipment of 56.6 MT of Sputnik Vaccines.