Dr Reddy’s, Apollo formally launch Sputnik V in Hyderabad DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated May 18, 2021, 12:52 am IST
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HYDERABAD: Sputnik V vaccine has been formally launched in Hyderabad on Monday by Dr Reddy s Laboratories (DRL) in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals. Thirty staff members of Dr Reddy s were administered the vaccine on the occasion.
DRL has imported 1.5 lakh doses of Sputnik V for its soft launch, the first phase of it being in Hyderabad. Five thousand staff and families of DRL are to be administered the vaccine by Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.
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