COVID-19: Sputnik Light gets DCGI's emergency approval for use in India

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency use approval for the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik Light for use in India.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to Twitter to share the news. He said this is the ninth COVID-19 vaccine approved in the country and will strengthen India's fight against the pandemic.

DCGI has granted emergency use permission to Single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine in India.

This is the 9th #COVID19 vaccine in the country.

This will further strengthen the nation's collective fight against the pandemic.

— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) February 6, 2022

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