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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 has arrived in India and is likely to hit markets from next week, informed NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul on Thursday.
It has been decided that Hyderabad-based Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories will manufacture the vaccine in India.
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is going to be India’s third COVID-19 vaccine, after Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield.
New Delhi: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 has arrived in India and is likely to hit markets from next week, informed NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul on Thursday (May 13, 2021) while addressing a press conference.
The Niti Aayog member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Thursday (May 13, 2021) outlined the central government’s plan which involved a total of eight COVID-19 vaccines that will help India authorities inoculate all its citizens by the end of 2021.
Dr Krishnamurthy Ella
People in Nemili village in Tamil Nadu are ecstatic to have a man born in their village be one of the key people to finally bring out a vaccine for the corona virus. The small village and its residents are cheering for Dr Krishna Ella, the founder Chairman of Bharat Biotech, which received global attention after the Government of India granted the emergency use permission to its vaccine against the once in a century disease as our PM would call it. “I belong to the same village as Krishna Ella and I believe that the medicine he has found is the best cure for the virus. We are very proud of him and his efforts. We have been locked inside our homes for several months now. We really thank Ella sir,” one Dili Babu told a news correspondent. Another villager found in front of the school Dr Ella went to for his primary education said, “Dr Ella is a motivation for us, and makes us also want to go out and try new things. It is not just a proud moment for this sma
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A patient wearing an oxygen mask looks on as his wife holds a battery-operated fan as they wait inside an auto-rickshaw to enter a Covid-19 hospital, in western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Reuters
A volunteer wearing a headgear that resembles the new coronavirus goes around a marketplace urging people to follow safety protocols amid the pandemic in north-east Indian city of Siliguri. AFP
A board indicates unavailability of beds at Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital in India s capital New Delhi. Bloomberg
Health workers turn away an ambulance at the main entrance of Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital in India s capital New Delhi. Bloomberg