SII to produce 1st Sputnik V batch in Sept

Serum Institute of India SII will start production of Sputnik vaccine at the companyrsquos facilities in September Russian Direct Investment Fund RDIF said on Tuesday As per the agreement between RDIF and SII the parties intend to produce over 30 crore doses of the vaccine in India per year ldquoThe first batch of Sputnik vaccine is expected to be produced at SIIrsquos facilities in Septemberrdquo RDIF Russiarsquos sovereign wealth fund said in a statementAs part of the technical transfer process SII has already received cell and vector samples from the Gamaleya Centre With their import approved by the Drug Controller General of India DCGI the cultivation process has begun RDIF saidWith technology transfer underway ldquowe expect the first batches of the vaccine to be produced jointly with SII in coming monthsrdquo RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev said SII CEO Adar Poonawalla said with high efficacy and a good safety profile it is critical that the Sputnik V vaccine is accessible in full measure for people across India and the worldA woman gets a dose of Russiarsquos Sputnik V in Mumbai on Tuesday PicAFPMeanwhile Delhi government on Tuesday reported shortage of Covishield also produced by SII because of which several public centres turned away beneficiariesldquoI have been coming here a public vaccination centre for the past three days to get my second shot It was due 10 days ago but now they are saying there is no vaccine How long shall we wait to get our shotsrdquo asked 78yearold Daroga RaiAnother woman Savita who came to a public centre for her first dose said ldquoWe have been told that vaccines are not available They are not telling us when to come next No matter what commoners sufferrdquoldquoVaccine availability is low We received 15 lakh Covishield doses yesterday which will be used up by tomorrow after which centres will be closed We have to repeatedly shut centresrdquo Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on TuesdayIncrease our quota TN CMTamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin in a letter to the prime minister also raised the issue of shortage which he said arose because the state has not received vaccines proportionate to its population He sought a special allocation of 1 crore doses to correct the lsquoimbalancersquo ldquoThe success of my governmentrsquos efforts to eliminate vaccine hesitancy and make the drive a mass movement now squarely rests on the doses made available to usrdquoRailway officials and their kin wait to receive Covid19 vaccine from a mobile vaccination centre at Nadia West Bengal on Tuesday PicPTIldquoThe number of vaccine doses provided to our state is only 302 per thousand eligible population This is very low when compared to the vaccine doses made available to comparable states like Gujarat Karnataka and Rajasthan which are at 533 493 and 446 respectivelyrdquoIndia added 2020 deaths after Madhya Pradesh reconciled its fatality data and 31443 new cases in a span of 24 hours as per the official data updated on Tuesday morningUP CM allows kanwar yatra with ve reportUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has urged that only a minimum number of people should participate in the Kanwar Yatra and directed strict implementation of the Covid19 protocols a spokesperson said on Tuesday The government which has allowed the yatra from July 25 despite warnings about such events triggering a third Covid19 wave said a negative RTPCR test report can be made compulsory for pilgrims if requiredIndiarsquos first Covid patient ve againA doctor who was Indiarsquos first Covid19 case has tested positive again for the Coronavirus Thrissur health authorities said on Tuesday ldquoHer RTPCR is positive She is asymptomaticrdquo Thrissur DMO Dr K J Reena said Her samples were tested before her trip to New Delhi for study She is at home and ldquoOKrdquo the doctor said It was on January 30 2020 that the third year medical student from Wuhan university tested positive for Coronavirus becoming Indiarsquos first Covid19 patient days after she had returned home following semester holidaysUP CM allows kanwar yatra with ve reportUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has urged that only a minimum number of people should participate in the Kanwar Yatra and directed strict implementation of the Covid19 protocols a spokesperson said on Tuesday The government which has allowed the yatra from July 25 despite warnings about such events triggering a third Covid19 wave said a negative RTPCR test report can be made compulsory for pilgrims if required30905819Total no of Coronavirus cases in india so far410784Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far431315Total no of active cases in IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute 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