Dr Reddy's, Apollo Hospitals announce Covid vaccination programme

The first phase of the programme with Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V will kick off with vaccinations in Hyderabad today and in Visakhapatnam tomorrow at Apollo facilities. Apollo Hospitals and Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said that they are collaborating to initiate a vaccination programme against coronavirus with Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V.

The vaccinations would follow the SOPs as recommended by the Centre including registration on CoWIN. "This pilot phase will allow Dr. Reddy's and Apollo to test the arrangements and cold chain logistics and prepare for the launch. We are confident that with the Sputnik V vaccine, we will be able to make a significant contribution to ease availability and access to COVID vaccines to the community at large," Apollo Hospitals President – Hospitals Division K Hari Prasad said in a statement.