Sputnik V Vaccine

The Centre has said the requirement for cold storage may change with the arrival of other COVID-19 vaccines in the future and it is fully prepared to take appropriate steps as and when such vaccines are available.

Virus cases surge again in Russia, many from Delta variant

Russia has reported 125,853 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic started, but statistics showing excess mortality over the past year suggest the real number is far higher.

COVID-19 vaccine | Sputnik V's pilot soft launch scaled up to test cold storage facilities, logistics: Dr Reddy's

DRL said the pilot launch would help test cold storage and other logistical arrangements before the vaccine's commercial launch.

Rockwell Industries ties up with DRL for freezers to store Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

According to a release by Rockwell, the vaccine freezer plays a very critical role in the safety of vaccines and its potency as Russias Sputnik V vaccine, made available in India through Dr Reddy's, requires a temperature range of minus -18 degrees celsius, to keep the vaccine stable and potent.

Centre to ensure untapped potential for COVID vaccine manufacturing not taken away by foreigners: Delhi HC

A bench of Justices Manmohan and Najmi Waziri also termed as disturbing the Centre's reply, filed in the matter, saying the authorities were virtually saying they are not aware of what the firm has been doing and its relation with Sputnik.

Sputnik V | Five quick facts about the Russian COVID-19 vaccine that received expert panel nod

The vaccine has a proven efficacy rate of 91.5 percent, which is the highest after the candidates of Moderna Inc and Pfizer-BioNTech.

'Dr Reddy's expects Sputnik V vaccine to get approval from Indian regulator in next few weeks'

It is a two-dose vaccine. You take the first dose on day zero and the second one on day 21. The peak immunity develops somewhere between day 28 to day 42. So, it is a two-dose vaccine and we expect it to be available in the next few weeks,” Deepak Sapra, the company's CEO, APIs and Services, said.

Coronavirus vaccine update | Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective in late-stage trial

The results, collated by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow that developed and tested the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, were in line with efficacy data reported at earlier stages of the trial, which has been running in Moscow since September.

COVID-19 vaccine update | Iran approves Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei this month banned the use of vaccines made by the United States and Britain, calling the jabs "completely untrustworthy".

Russia inoculates more than 800,000 people against COVID-19

The Sputnik V vaccine, which Russia already started supplying to other countries, is administered in two doses, which use different components, 21 days apart.

Vladimir Putin decides to receive coronavirus vaccine: Kremlin

Russia launched a voluntary vaccination programme with the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine earlier in December, starting with the most vulnerable groups in Moscow.

Russia repeats 91.4% efficacy rate in new COVID-19 vaccine data: Developers

More than 100,000 people have already been vaccinated against the disease as part of Russia's mass inoculation programme, which began in September alongside a Moscow-based human trial of the shot.

The way ahead for COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution in India

Certain questions need to be accorded top priority while planning the way in the Indian COVID-19 immunisation programme, which must be accentuated with novel steps and innovations at the grass-roots level catering to all

First batch of Sputnik V vaccine to arrive in Kanpur medical college for Phase 2, 3 trials

The decision to conduct the human clinical trials of the vaccine was taken after Dr Reddy''s Laboratories got approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) in this regard, an official said.

What a gift: Russia offers UN staff free coronavirus vaccine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to provide staff of United Nations with the Sputnik V vaccine in a speech to this year's General Assembly marking the body's 75th birthday.