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Good News! Russian vaccine Sputnik V reaches to 50 cities in India

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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, which is being produced in India by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, has now reached 50 towns and cities across India.

In a statement, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has said that the nationwide soft launch of the Sputnik V vaccine has covered over 50 cities and towns, including Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi NCR and Chennai.

The Sputnik V vaccine was launched on a soft pilot basis in India on May 14 and Dr Reddy’s plans to further strengthen the commercial roll-out of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine in the coming weeks.

“Neither the ongoing soft commercial launch, nor work towards its ramp-up in India have been put on hold,” said Dr Reddy’s Labs in its latest statement.

After starting out in Hyderabad, the Sputnik V vaccine has also reached Vizag, Navi Mumbai, Miryalaguda, Vijayawada, Baddi, Kolhapur, Kochi, Raipur, Chandigarh, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Coimbatore, Ranchi, Jaipur, Lucknow and Patna.

The vaccine is also being administered in Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Palakkad, Allahabad, Dimapur, Kohima, Indore, Bhopal, Surat, Cuttack, Dharwad, Ernakulam, Ratlam, Faridabad, Srinagar, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Gulbarga, Madurai, Guntur, Kannur, Jabalpur, Jalandhar, Kanpur and Mysore.

Dr Reddy’s has partnered with major hospitals across the country.

Meanwhile, a study has claimed the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine is effective against new variants of Covid-19. The research paper by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology was published in a leading international medical journal on July 12.

According to The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the study was conducted to determine the Sputnik V vaccine’s neutralizing capacity against new variants of SARS-CoV-2.

The study’s findings show that the Sputnik V vaccine has been able to produce protective neutralizing titers against new variants. These include the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and more importantly, the Delta variant, which has been identified as one of the key drivers of the second wave of Covid-19 infections in India.

 

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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