New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that DCGI has granted emergency use permission to single dose Sputnik V Light Covid – 19 vaccine in the country. Sputnik Light is the same as component-1 of Sputnik V.

Mandaviya in his twitter said that DCGI has granted emergency use permission to single-dose Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine in India. This is the ninth Covid-19 vaccine in the country. This will further strengthen the nation’s collective fight against the pandemic. According to the official sources, in light of recommendations of Subject Expert Committee (SEC) following a meeting on January 31^st, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories presented its proposal for grant of permission to import Sputnik Light for restricted emergency use and booster dose vaccination along with analysis of safety and efficacy data including its benefit against Omicron.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories presented that Sputnik Light vaccine is approved in 29 countries, including Russia and Argentina. The SEC on Covid-19 of the CDSCO, which deliberated on the application by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, noted the safety and immunogenicity data presented by the firm from the Indian study is comparable with that of the ongoing Phase-3 clinical trial interim data from Russia.

The interim data of efficacy trial from Russia has shown 65.4 per cent efficacy, 21 days after immunization. After detailed deliberation, the SEC had recommended grant of permission for restricted use in emergency situation subject to various regulatory provisions including.