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 Rs 1,195 per dose.
"We will be charging Rs 995 for the vaccine and Rs 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 ten lakh 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 ten lakh every week and double that in July. We are on track to complete 2 crore jabs by September this year."
As reported earlier, India and Russia are planning to manufacture around 4 crore 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.
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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 to gradually reach 8.5 crore 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."
(ANI)
