Kolkata: Two private hospitals to get Sputnik next week

KOLKATA: Two private hospitals in the city are expecting to get their Sputnik V doses by next week. In such a case, this will be the third vaccine that will be introduced in the inoculation programme against Covid-19 in Kolkata.
“We should be getting our doses by the middle of next week. Even as the quantity in the initial lot could be limited, we would start offering to recipients at our vaccination centre at RN Tagore Hospital,” said R Venkatesh, zonal director (east) of Narayana Health.
All vaccination centres are currently administering either Covaxin or Covishield. Hospitals have been flooded with enquiries about the new vaccine already.
“We may be getting our Sputnik V doses by Monday or Tuesday,” said Rana Dasgupta, CEO (eastern region) of Apollo Hospitals Group.