Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine in India, Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said today. He said the emergency use approval of the single-dose vaccine will give a boost to India's fight against Covid-19. “This is the 9th #COVID19 vaccine in the country.
This will further strengthen the nation's collective fight against the pandemic," he tweeted.DCGI has granted emergency use permission to Single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine in India.This is the 9th #COVID19 vaccine in the country.This will further strengthen the nation's collective fight against the pandemic.
An expert panel of India's central drug authority had this week recommended granting restricted emergency use authorisation (EUA) to single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light.
Notably, on July 1 last year, India's drug regulator had refused to grant EUA to Sputnik Light. Sputnik Light is based on recombinant human adenovirus serotype number 26 (the first component of Sputnik V).