novel coronavirus, Health Ministry today said that India is in conversation with Russia on lines of Sputnik-V covid-19 vaccine, which was earlier launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin."As far as Sputnik-5 vaccine is concerned, India and Russia are in communication.
Some initial information has been shared," said said Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry.Russia had recently registered "world's first Covid-19 vaccine" and is now in the phase III trial of the vaccine, which involved more than 40,000 people at more than 45 medical centres around Russia, the TASS news agency reported earlier.According to an earlier report, Russia is looking for a partnership with India for producing Covid-19 vaccine, Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO.