“We have applied for regulatory approval in India,” Dmitriev wrote on the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V Twitter account.

He also added that Sputnik M will be available in India very soon.

Dmitriev expressed hope that the drug approval process would last about two months.

According to the stopcoronavirus.rf portal, the effectiveness of Sputnik M is 93%.

Director of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after

Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg said that a coronavirus vaccine for teenagers is expected to enter the civil circulation next week.

Director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections Georgy Vikulov commented on the situation with the pandemic against the backdrop of the spread of the Omicron strain.