India's first air transfer of a Covid-19 patient was carried out on Sunday with a critically-ill man flown from Kolkata to Chennai for treatment, ICATT Kyathi Air Ambulance said.

"A 58-year-old male Covid-19 patient was air-lifted in a twin engine aircraft from Kolkata to Chennai today (Sunday) in a German isolation pod," the air ambulance's Director Rahul Sardar told IANS, adding that this was the first time a Covid-19 patient was transferred from one city to another in India.