An estimated 36 crore Indians will get the Russian COVID vaccine Sputnik V by the end of March 2022 as India will have approximately 361 million doses of vaccine, officials coordinating the entire vaccine measure in the country have said. All in all, India gets 18 million ready-made doses of Sputnik V-- 3 million in May, 5 million in June, 10 million in July. Also read European leaders postpone decision on patent waiver of COVID-19 vaccineSputnik V vaccine is the third COVID vaccine after Covishield and Covaxin that Indian regulatory authorities have given approval to. More than 60 countries have given approval to Sputnik V and as of May 5, more than 20 million people globally have received the first injection of the Sputnik V vaccine. With the announcement of Russia's single-dose COVID vaccine Sputnik light, the volume of the vaccines which is a variant of Sputnik V is expected to increase.

Source: dna May 09, 2021 09:45 UTC