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By: Shree1news, 06 JUL 2021
Pune: Russian-made vaccine Sputnik V will soon be the third free vaccine available at the government vaccination centres throughout the country.
“Currently, Sputnik V is available only in the private sector. Depending on supply, we want to make it available under our free vaccination programme soon,” chairperson of the Centre’s COVID-19 working group, Dr NK Arora was quoted.
According to Arora, Sputnik V would be stored in cold chain facilities that preserve polio vaccines because it requires a storage temperature of -18°C.
Arora also mentioned that some regions might have witnessed a slowdown in vaccination pace because of the ongoing polio drive. “The Covid vaccination programme will be streamlined within the coming week,” he added.
He additionally mentioned that over 34 crore COVID vaccine doses had been administered within the nation so far, and another 12 to 16 crore should be completed by July-end going by the schedule.
“Besides scaling up production of these two vaccines, the addition of Sputnik V and the impending rollout of Moderna and Zydus Cadila’s new shot would increase daily coverage from 50 lakh a day to 80 lakh and even 1 crore in the coming weeks,” Arora mentioned adding that Covishield and Covaxin still constitute a large chunk of vaccine supplies.
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