The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency-use permission to the single-dose Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine, informed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

Mandaviya said that this decision will further strengthen the country's fight against the pandemic. "DCGI has granted emergency use permission to single-dose Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine in India. This is the 9th #COVID19 vaccine in the country. This will further strengthen the nation's collective fight against the pandemic," said Mandaviya in a tweet.