Hyderabad airport handles largest consignment of Sputnik V that requires -20 degree C
The largest shipment of Sputnik V vaccinations made in Russia. On Tuesday, GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) handled The shipment of vaccines arrived from Russia.
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Sputnik V the Russian vaccine for Covid-19 has reached India
GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) on Tuesday handled the largest shipment of Russian made Sputnik V vaccines. The vaccine consignment arrived from Russia on a specially chartered freighter RU-9450 which touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 03.43 hours.
While GHAC has already handled several import shipments of vaccines prior to this, Tuesday s shipment of 56.6 tonnes of vaccines is the single largest import shipment of Covid-19 vaccines handled in India till date. This shipment completed all processes and was dispatched in less than 90 minutes, GHAC said.
Dr Reddy s Laboratories is in a pact with Russian Direct Investment Fund to sell the first 125 million people doses (250 million vials) of Sputnik V in India.
Consignment of 3 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia land in Hyderabad
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Last Updated: Jun 01, 2021, 02:45 PM IST
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Dr Reddy s Laboratories is in a pact with Russian Direct Investment Fund to sell the first 125 million people doses (250 million vials) of Sputnik V in India. Dr Reddys which had earlier received over two lakh vaccines from RDIF, recently soft-launched Sputnik V and tied up with Apollo Hospitals for piloting the vaccine.
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The Sputnik V vaccine requires specialised handling and storage, required to be kept at a temperature of -20 C.
A consignment, comprising as many as three million doses of Russia s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Tuesday. A GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) press release said the vaccine consignment arrived from Russia on a specially chartered freighter RU-9450 which touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 03.43 hours.
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Consignment of 3 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine from Russia land in Hyderabad
A consignment of three million doses of Russia s COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Tuesday. A GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) press release said the vaccine consignment arrived from Russia on a specially chartered freighter RU-9450 which touched down at Hyderabad Airport at 03.43 hours. While GHAC has already handled several import shipments of vaccine prior to this, todays shipment of 56.6 tonnes of vaccines is the single largest import shipment of COVID-19 vaccines handled in India till date.This shipment completed all processes and was dispatched in less than 90 minutes, it said.