DCGI grants emergency use permission to Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine

Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories is the Indian partner of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has sought approval from the Indian drug regulator for use of single-dose Russia's Sputnik Light one shot

|Feb 06, 2022, 23:07:47 IST

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency-use permission to the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine, informed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday.

Mandaviya said that this decision will further strengthen the country's fight against the pandemic. "DCGI has 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, said Mandaviya in a tweet. Earlier on Saturday, the subject expert committee under India's drug regulator had

recommended Russia's Sputnik Light one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, sources had told ANI. Sources had said that the DCGI was expected to soon give final approval to Russia's Sputnik Light.

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