Sputnik V Covid Vaccine To Be Rolled Out At ₹ 1,195 In Apollo Hospitals

[Kool_SRG]

Apollo Hospitals said they will start administering Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine from the second week of June.

 

New Delhi: 

Apollo Group of Hospitals has announced that it will start administering the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, across its hospitals in India from the second week of June, at an estimated price of ₹ 1,195 per dose.

"We will be charging ₹ 995 for the vaccine and ₹ 200 would be administration charges," an official of the Apollo Group said.

On Thursday, Apollo Hospitals said they will start administering Sputnik V from the second week of June.

In a statement, Executive Vice-chairperson Shobana Kamineni of the Apollo Group of Hospitals said that the group has completed administering one million vaccine doses across 80 locations in India, and will prioritise frontline workers, high-risk population, and corporate employees.

Giving details on ramping up their vaccination programme, Kamineni said, "In June, we will do a million every week and double that in July. We are on track to complete 20 million jabs by September this year."

India is moving towards vaccine sufficiency as inoculations with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V began in the country earlier this month.

As reported earlier, India and Russia are planning to manufacture around 35-40 million doses every month that will start from August or September.

On May 24, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Panacea Biotec, one of the leading pharmaceutical producers in India, had launched the production of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.

Sputnik V got approval from the Subject expert committee (SEC) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA), making it the third COVID-19 vaccine to get clearance in India.

India has become the 60th country to authorise the use of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus. It is now approved in countries with a total population of 3 billion, or 40 percent of the world's population.

Under the Centre's liberalised vaccination policy, the private sector hospitals have earned a crucial role as they can directly procure the doses from manufacturers and administer them to the eligible beneficiaries. The beneficiaries, however, need to register themselves for the jabs through the CoWin platform.

Sputnik V was registered in India under emergency use authorization procedure on April 12 and vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian vaccine started on May 14.

Earlier, while highlighting the Sputnik V progress, deputy chief of mission Roman Babushkin, told ANI, "Sputnik V is one of the vaccines which is included in the Indian mass vaccination drive and it speaks for itself. This company (Panacea Biotec) is one of the Indian partners which the Russian Direct Investment Fund and is developing a business partnership. The preliminary schedule is gradually is to reach 850 million doses in India per year. We know that there is interest from other business partners and even state governments, all these proposals we are studying very carefully."

Talking about the status of the single-dose vaccine 'Sputnik lite', the Russian envoy had said promotion in India and distribution would be very helpful.

[Hydrockers]

Safe ee na

[jawaani_jaaneman]

13 minutes ago, Hydrockers said:

Safe ee na

Actually annitikante safe ide vunatu vundi...earliest and first..

teda kotti vunte ipatiki bayatapadutunde

[Hydrockers]

3 minutes ago, jawaani_jaaneman said:

Actually annitikante safe ide vunatu vundi...all vaccines kante ekuva administer ayindi ide, earliest and first..

teda kotti vunte ipatiki bayatapadutunde

How to book slot? 

[Kool_SRG]

15 minutes ago, Hydrockers said:

How to book slot? 

neeku time undhi ga once infected have to wait for 2 months before taking a shot.

Daggarlo Apollo ki phone kottu they will guide you.

33 minutes ago, Hydrockers said:

Safe ee na

Looks safe, one of options having highest efficacy rate..

[ChinnaBhasha]

4 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

Looks safe, one of options having highest efficacy rate..

more than covishield and covaxin antana? 

[Kool_SRG]

Just now, ChinnaBhasha said:

more than covishield and covaxin antana? 

As of info available Sputnik has 90% Plus Covaxin  & Covisheild is around 70 - 80.

[Ryzen_renoir]

44 minutes ago, ChinnaBhasha said:

more than covishield and covaxin antana? 

I would avoid covaxin until it's tested by a credible foreign agency. 

Sputnik is already used in 60+ nations , so it's far more credible 

Covidshield is the most credible one , although it has rare bloodclot issues

[Kool_SRG]

Ippudu Mumbai lo Apollo ante Navi Mumbai povaali  

 

@riashli   gaariki daggare 

 

Mumbai possibly is going to get bulk of Sputnik doses via global tenders by BMC  

[reality]

On 5/23/2021 at 9:49 PM, reality said:

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine shows 97.6% efficacy 

20 Apr 2021 (Last Updated April 20th, 2021 10:20) 

The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have reported that the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine showed a 97.6% efficacy.

 

On 5/23/2021 at 9:57 PM, reality said:

Idhi Russia graph ... @Sputnik’s efficacy 

 

52 minutes ago, ChinnaBhasha said:

more than covishield and covaxin antana? 

[Somedude]

9 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

I would avoid covaxin until it's tested by a credible foreign agency. 

Sputnik is already used in 60+ nations , so it's far more credible 

Covidshield is the most credible one , although it has rare bloodclot issues

PM, ministers and AP CM andharu Covaxin theesukunnaru? Is it part of promotion?

[Ryzen_renoir]

9 minutes ago, Somedude said:

PM, ministers and AP CM andharu Covaxin theesukunnaru? Is it part of promotion?

Just like the official  covid case numbers and covid deaths endorsed by PM, ministers , AP CM , etc 

Entha lancham dobbaro.

india has no f*king credibility , period.

[trent]

25 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

I would avoid covaxin until it's tested by a credible foreign agency. 

Sputnik is already used in 60+ nations , so it's far more credible 

Covidshield is the most credible one , although it has rare bloodclot issues

Endi va gitla chepthunnav

repu black lo koni mari covaxin vepinchukuntunnam ongole lo

 

[Hydrockers]

1 hour ago, Kool_SRG said:

neeku time undhi ga once infected have to wait for 2 months before taking a shot.

Daggarlo Apollo ki phone kottu they will guide you.

Looks safe, one of options having highest efficacy rate..

Vachi already one month ayyindi ga

Etlagi June lo kada start

July 1st week lo chudali private lo iana

[Ryzen_renoir]

3 minutes ago, trent said:

Endi va gitla chepthunnav

repu black lo koni mari covaxin vepinchukuntunnam ongole lo

 

Everyone is free to their own interpretation. 

Look at ICMR's track record in recommending plasma therapy (useless, increased mutations , lakhs in fees ) ,steroids (black fungus, yellow fungus , etc) , etc 

If I had a choice it will either be covidshield or Sputnik until covaxin is peer reviewed and accepted by a credible country