There are widespread fears in regards to the potential third wave. Most experts believe that the only way to avoid the wave would be through mass immunisation. In India currently, there are three vaccines that have been approved by the government for emergency use. These include Covishiled produced by Serum Institute of India (also known as AstraZeneca in other countries), Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Russia made Sputnik V.
Sputnik V made its debut in Mumbai where 667 people were inoculated in 2 days. At that time, BMC reports stated that over 37 hospitals were administering this vaccine. However, it now seems that the Mumbaikars will have to wait longer if they want a shot of Sputnik V. As per reports, this is because BMC has now taken the decision to not procure Sputnik V directly. What this means that people will be able to get a jab of Sputnik in civic centres only after the government officially distributes it. There is no clear timeline available on when this will happen.
As of now, Sputnik V vaccine has been approved in 55 countries, and experts believe that the vaccine will be effective in a country like India due to the weather and geographical conditions. Developed by Gamaleya Institute in Russia, Sputnik V is being distributed in India by Dr. Reddy's labs which based out of Hyderabad. Data released by the research team mentioned the efficacy of Sputnik V to be 92 per cent against the coronavirus.
The price of the Sputnik V vaccine has been capped at INR 1,142 per shot in private hospitals. Last week Sputnik V was made available by the state government in Pune. However, in Mumbai and even in the National Capital Region the rollout of Sputnik V seems to be delayed.
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