Apollo Hospitals Chennai- Sputnik V vaccination
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Apollo Hospitals Chennai- Sputnik V vaccination
Apollo Hospitals is among the first hospitals in the country to introduce Sputnik V vaccination as a limited pilot soft launch starting today at their Greams Road Chennai facility. The vaccine which has an efficacy of 91.6% is an adenoviral vector vaccine given in 2 doses. The first dose is given as an intramuscular injection in the upper arm and the second dose is given 3 weeks later (21 days).
The Sputnik V vaccine which is now available at our vaccination centre starting today (18th June) has been “directly procured” by Apollo Hospitals from Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and will be available at a cost of INR 1,145 per dose, including administrative charges at our vaccination centre.