VASCO
Dabolim Airport and its frontline corona warriors have been playing an active role to combat Covid-19 by facilitating the seamless delivery of medical essentials.
In a press release, Dabolim Airport said they had earlier catered to eight LifeLine Udan flights intended to transport essential medical cargo to remote parts of the country amid the nationwide lockdown to support India's fight against Covid-19 with a total inbound cargo of 2.15 metric tonnes and outbound cargo 3.96 metric tonnes.
"Goa Airport also handled 3 lots of Covid vaccines for Goa and one lot for Karnataka in January and February.”
Goa Airport said the race has not stopped and has further strengthened its mission to tackle the unprecedented situation created by Covid-19 by seamless supply of medical essentials like Covid vaccines, Fabiflu medicines, Covid-19 testing kits and other essentials.
"Thirteen boxes of Covid vaccine (Covishield) were received from Chennai on April 18, 9 boxes of Covid vaccine (Covishield) were received from Mumbai on April 30 and 122 kgs of Covid-19 testing kits were received from Delhi on April 23.”
“In addition to inbound Cargo, Dabolim Airport has also played a crucial role in facilitating the supply of Glenmark's Fabiflu medicines as part of the outbound cargo to different parts of the country like Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Indore, Nagpur etc.”
“A total of 31,955 kg of Fabiflu medicines flew from Goa Airport as part of the outbound cargo in April. Fabiflu is used for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid infected people. Dabolim Airport is working as a gateway on a 24x7 basis," the press note added.
