Sputnik V vaccine to cost Rs 995 per shot in India

Dr Reddy’s laboratories has announced that an imported dose of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will cost Rs 995.40 in India. Sputnik V, which has an efficiency of 91.6 per cent, is the third vaccine to be approved for use in India. The price of the imported doses will include five per cent GST per dose. Doses of Sputnik V which are made in India, however, are likely to be cheaper.The first dose of the vaccine was administered in Hyderabad Friday as part of a soft launch by Dr Reddy's.

First doses of #SputnikV administered in India. On the picture Deepak Sapra, Global Head of Custom Pharma Services at @drreddys Laboratories is getting a shot of Sputnik V in Hyderabad. ✌️ pic.twitter.com/iBbTeB2DmT

— Sputnik V (@sputnikvaccine) May 14, 2021

The first consignment of imported doses of the Sputnik V vaccine that landed in India on 1st May, 2021, received regulatory clearance from the Central Drugs Laboratory, Kasauli, on 13th May, 2021. Further consignments of imported doses are expected over the coming months. Production of the vaccine locally is likely to start around July.