Sputnik V Vaccine To Be Available At Delhi Hospital From June 15 - Check Price, Availability & More

As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s pricing schedule, Sputnik V has been priced at Rs 1,145, which will contain the hospital charges as well as the tax.

Sputnik V Vaccine

New Delhi: In what comes as a short in the arm in the battle against Covid-19, Russian vaccine Sputnik V is likely to be available at Delhi’s Indraprastha Apollo Hospital from June 15, according to news agency ANI. The vaccine rollout will, however, depend on the consignment received by the hospital.

As per Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s pricing schedule, Sputnik V has been priced at Rs 1,145, which will contain the hospital charges as well as the tax.

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The first phase of the Sputnik V rollout by Apollo Hospitals and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories had started on a pilot basis in Hyderabad on May 17 and in Vishakhapatnam on May 18.

The first dose of the imported vaccine was administered in Hyderabad last month.

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had earlier accorded emergency use authorization to the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.

Sputnik V was developed by Russia’s Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology with the backing of its sovereign Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). Dr Reddy’s, which has the rights to distribute Sputnik V in India, obtained emergency use authorisation in April.

Sputnik V, which joins Covishield and Covaxin in India’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, is said to be 94.3 percent effective.

Earlier this month, India received its latest consignment of nearly three million doses of the Sputnik V from Russia, making it the third and largest delivery of the imported Covid-19 vaccines.