Covid19 National Telangana

GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo covid-19 is ready for delivery of vaccines

Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo preparing for delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.

With vaccines being developed by various organizations around the world, it is equally important to supply the vaccine as quickly as possible. As the vaccine develops, the next major issue will be the demand and timely availability of the vaccine, t. Purushottam Singh, General Manager, Head Operations.

“An infrastructure for handling covid-19 vaccine has been developed to enhance the capacity to handle vaccine supply to and from Hyderabad.

A dedicated work center has been set up at the terminals to handle this sensitive shipment of vaccines. A temperature zone has been developed to maintain vaccines. The staff has given special training to deal with acceptance of the shipment of vaccines until the shipment reaches the destination.”

Purushottam said that they could only handle 200 tons of shipments dedicated to vaccines and are ready to increase capacity as per requirement in no time.

Speaking to GMR Airports executive director, SGK Kishore and reporters, GMR Airports said, “India has emerged as a global pharmaceuticals and vaccine hub, producing around 60 percent of the world’s vaccine. Out of this ratio , Hyderabad is producing One third of the global vaccine supply.

Due to its strong manufacturing technology and millions of dosage making capacity, Hyderabad will be an integral part of the covid-19 solution. “

He said that Hyderabad Air Cargo has a major role in the entire value chain of vaccine shipments to maintain the integrity of the vaccine. COVID-19 vaccines require special handling, which is readily available in GMR Hyderabad cargo.

We are in the process of expanding specific landslides and airside facilities to handle the boom in pharma and vaccine shipments. Kishore said plans are also underway to increase storage capacity for different vaccine types.

He also said that the team is closely working with Cool Container providers for maintaining large stock at our station and upgrading the current capacity of Cool Container storage and charging locations to handle the surge in Cool Containers movement.

“As one of the leading airport operators in the country, we are happy that we will play a major role in this fight against covid through the delivery of vaccines globally,” Kishore said.

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