NEW DELHI: Soft Launching of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine has been Enlarged to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai along with Also a few more Towns.
This was declared by the Hyderabad based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.
The drug manufacturer has partnered with all the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) for its rollout of their two-dose Sputnik V at India.
Two hospitals at Delhi- Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital along with Indraprastha Apollo- may begin administering the vaccine at the end of the week.
Bengaluru’s Manipal Hospitals also has collaborated with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to bring the vaccine from its current portfolio.
Hyderabad was the very first city in India in which the soft introduction of the vaccine was first conducted.
However you might need to wait until enrolling the CoWIN program to get a Sputnik V jab.
That’ll open just after the industrial introduction of the vaccine, Dr Reddy’s said.
Following Covishield and Covaxin, Sputnik V is the third largest vaccine to qualify for usage in the nation.
The cost per dose of Sputnik V at private colleges was capped at Rs 1,145.
(With service inputs)
