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India to get Russia's Sputnik V vaccine only by end-May
India will start receiving Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine by end-May, its local distributor Dr Reddy's Laboratories told Reuters on Thursday, a later than expected schedule that could slow the country's immunisation drive.
Published : 22 April 2021, 10:30 AM
Updated : 22 April 2021, 10:30 AM
"We are targeting to have the first batches imported by (fiscal) Q1, and are trying our best to have them by end-May," a Dr Reddy’s spokesman told Reuters.
"Sputnik is going to be made in India in a few months. We expect the India-made vaccine to start being available from the second quarter of the fiscal (year)."
India's ambassador to Moscow said last week deliveries of Sputnik V to the country were expected to begin this month, the TASS news agency reported.
India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of crumbling health services to cope.
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