Chennai, June 18 :  Apollo Hospitals introduced Sputnik-V vaccination as a limited pilot soft launch starting today at its Greams Road facility here.
The vaccine which has an efficacy of 91.6 per cent is an adenoviral vector vaccine given in two doses.
The first dose is given as an intramuscular injection in the upper arm and the second dose is given three weeks later (21 days), a hospital release said.
“The Sputnik-V vaccine has been “directly procured” by the Hospital from Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and will be available at a cost of Rs 1,145 per dose, including administrative charges at our vaccination centre”, it said.(UNI)