While the Centre has invited an expression of interest for unmanned aerial vehicles, a few state governments are also set to start trials with UAVs for supply of medical supplies and vaccines to remote areas
A person wearing a protective suit collects a cooler from a drone, which usually carries blood samples to be tested for Covid-19, on July 28, 2020 outside DOROT, Netanya Geriatric Medical Center, in the central Israeli city of Netanya. Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis, the Israeli Ministry of Transportation started a pilot project “Remedy from the sky” program, drones for delivery of payloads including medical items like blood samples and medicines; Images: GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP