All You Need To Know About Sputnik V, India's Third Covid Vaccine

Sputnik V is available in 60 countries including where it has been approved for use for 3 billion people or about 40 per cent of the global population.

Russia's Sputnik V has been cleared by India's drug regulator making it the third vaccine to be the approved for emergency use in the country against the deadly coronavirus. The vaccine is named after the first Soviet space satellite Sputnik; the V in its name however stands for the alphabet 'v' (for vaccine) and not the Roman numerical. The approval from the Drugs Controller General of India or DCGI comes after the ravaging pandemic continues to grip the country leading to stricter rules and states reporting vaccine shortages.