The second consignment of Covid vaccine Sputnik V has arrived in India. Sputnik is among the three vaccines approved in the country. Two other vaccines are Covaxin of Bharat Biotech and Covishield of Serum Institute of India.
Nikolay Kudashev, Russian Ambassador to India, shared the picture of the second consignment on Twitter: “A second batch of Sputnik V has landed in Hyderabad today! We are very happy to see that the #RussiaIndia joint fight against #COVID19, which is one of the vital areas of our bilateral cooperation nowadays, has firmly stood on rails & moving forward.”
This comes amidst the country facing an acute shortage of vaccine doses and this will help in boosting the vaccination drive across the nation.
On May 1, the first consignment of Sputnik V had arrived in Hyderabad and it was later shifted to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories who are actually manufacturing this vaccine in India. The CEO of Dr Reddy’s was administered the first jab of Sputnik VV.
Current status of COVID-19 in India:
India reported 3,11,170 new COVID-19 cases, 3,62,437 discharges and 4,077 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry on Sunday
Total cases: 2,46,84,077
Total discharges: 2,07,95,335
Death toll: 2,70,284
Active cases: 36,18,458
Total vaccination: 18,22,20,164
