Drone delivers vaccines in key Vanuatu trial: UNICEF

December 19, 2018 12:00 am | Updated 05:08 am IST - Sydney

Drone delivers vaccines in key Vanuatu trial

A one-month-old on a remote island in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu became the first child to be immunised in a trial of drone-delivered vaccines, UNICEF said on Tuesday. If successful, the initiative could be replicated in isolated and far-flung areas around the world, the UN agency said.AFP

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