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Covid vaccine: Single-dose Sputnik Light gets DCGI nod for emergency use

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Diya jain @Diya_jain2 · Feb 7, 2022

Sputnik V is a heterogeneous vaccine which uses two different components in its two doses

 

 

India has got its ninth Covid vaccine as the country’s drug regulator approved the use of Sputnik Light or the single dose regime of Sputnik V for use in the country.

 

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a tweet on Sunday that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) 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,” the minister said in...read more