Due to low demand, Sputnik V off shelves in TN
Chennai: The Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine which had arrived in Tamil Nadu with much fanfare after the World Health Organization's (WHO) approval, has very less takers now leading to private hospitals and pharmacies putting it out of their shelves.
A private hospital in Vadaplani, Chennai, which administered the vaccine after it was rolled out last June, has stopped injecting it for the past two months.
A senior doctor attached with the hospital told IANS: "Now there are very fewer takers for the Sputnik V vaccine and we have stopped administering it. The demand is now high for Covaxin and we are administering it for the 15-18 age group also. Covishield was the popular vaccine earlier but now the demand is for Covaxin."
During the initial phases of the vaccine drive, Covaxin was in less demand as it had not received the WHO's approval. It was Sputnik V and Covishield that most of the private hospitals stored during that period.
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