Sputnik V
India approves Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine: Reports
New Delhi/UNI: A Subject Expert Committee (SEC) of central government on Monday gave its nod for the emergency use authorization of the Russia's COVID-19 vaccine SPUTNIK V, sources said.
The Sputnik V will be the third vaccine approved by India after SII's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
As per Russia, Sputnik V is the world’s first registered COVID vaccine based on a well-studied human adenoviral vector-based platform and is already registered in more than 55 countries.
With the announcement of the emergency use, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, the manufacturer of the Sputnik V vaccine in India, saw their share value jump over 7 per cent, Russian news agency Sputnik reported.
Russian Ambassador to India Nikolay R.Kudashev said: "We note the reports that a committee of experts recommended #SputnikV for use in #India. This step would definately contribute to the efforts of the Indian government to counter the #COVID19 pandemic. We hope the approval by the DCGI will be completed soon."
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