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Sputnik V in India

May 16 , 2021 1281 days 865 0
  • Dr Reddy’s Laboratories announced that it had launched Sputnik V in India.
  • The vaccine is imported from Russia.
  • And is distributed by Dr Reddy’s laboratory.
  • Currently, Sputnik V is the second most expensive COVID1-19 vaccines in the country.
  • The cost of one dose of Sputnik V is Rs 995.
  • The price of COVISHIELD vaccines was Rs 400 per dose.
  • It recently reduced it to Rs 300 per dose.
  • It is manufactured locally by Serum Institute of India.
  • COVAXIN costs Rs 600 per dose for the state governments and Rs 1,200 for private hospitals.

About Sputnik V

  • Sputnik V was developed by Gamleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow.
  • It is a two-dose vaccine.
  • However, recently a single dose vaccine of Sputnik V has been produced in Russia.
  • It is called Sputnik Light Single Dose.
  • India is administering only the double dose Sputnik V.
  • Sputnik V is created using different Human Adenoviruses.
  • The efficacy of the vaccine is 91%.
  • The first dose of Sputnik V was administered in Hyderabad.

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