Covid-19 | Sputnik Light vaccine granted emergency use authorisation in India

India's drug regulator has granted emergency use permission to single-dose Sputnik Light Covid vaccine in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday.

The minister tweeted that Sputnik Light is the 9th Covid-19 vaccine in the country and it will further strengthen the nation's collective fight against the pandemic

Sputnik-Light is the single dose version of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V. Both vaccines are distributed in India by Dr Reddy's Laboratories. 

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The firm presented that Sputnik Light vaccine is approved in 29 countries, including Russia and Argentina and that the interim data of efficacy trial from Russia has shown 65.4 per cent efficacy, 21 days after immunisation.