The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country have reached 158.74 crore so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. A total of 3,70,32,672 doses have been given to adolescents in the … Read more
Sputnik Light has already been registered in more than 20 countries as a standalone vaccine and a universal booster to other vaccines helping to increase their efficacy (including in Argentina, UAE, Bahrain, the Philippines, and San Marino). Russia’s Sputnik-V vaccine and its one-shot version Sputnik Light booster demonstrates high virus-neutralising activity (VNA) against the highly-contagious … Read more
The study, which used samples from health care workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who received Sputnik V, showed “no neutralising activity against omicron”. The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V said Friday that its vaccine provides the best protection against the omicron variant of the coronavirus, disputing a Western study which found Sputnik produced no antibodies … Read more
If and when the recommendation for a booster is made, beneficiaries vaccinated with Covishield, Sputnik V, and are likely to have multiple options. (File) A Covid-19 booster dose, when administered, should be of a vaccine based on a different platform than the first two doses, according to preliminary consensus reached by India’s top technical advisory … Read more
With this agreement, RDIF expects India to be the biggest production hub for the Sputnik vaccine, making vaccines for both local and global consumption. RDIF also has signed agreements with other Indian manufactures and has said it plans to produce a total of 850 million doses per year in the country. Serum Institute of India … Read more
The vaccine is at present imported from Russia. DRL has received three million doses for the first Sputnik dose and 3.6 lakh second doses this month. The import of the rest of the second doses is awaited. Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is set to be commercially launched in India by August, according to the Russian … Read more
The company also announced that the vaccine’s nationwide soft launch, which began on May 14, has now reached 50 cities. (Picture courtesy: IE) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has announced that it would strengthen commercial rollout of the Russia-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine over the next few weeks. Neither the soft commercial launch, which is ongoing at … Read more
The Sputnik V is priced under $10 per shot. Morepen Laboratories and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Tuesday said the test batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine was produced at Morepen’s facilities in Himachal Pradesh. Morepen and the RDIF are aiming to produce 500 million doses of Sputnik V in India per annum. … Read more
SII has committed to make 100 million Covishield vaccines a month from June. It has started manufacturing the Novavax vaccine, in small batches, at its Pune plant, even as it awaits regulatory clearance in the US and subsequently in India. India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive could get a booster shot if Serum Institute of India (SII) … Read more
The cheapest of the lot is Serum Institute of India manufactured Covishield which is available for private hospitals at a price of Rs 600 per dose. After Covishield and Covaxin, the country has finally got Russia-developed Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V. Developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, the vaccine has been launched … Read more