Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine from next months, said the Indian Ambassador to Russia on Thursday. "India will start vaccinating citizens with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine early in May," ambassador Bala Venkatesh Varma was quoted as saying.The statement comes at a time when several states have flagged the issue of insufficient stock of vaccines and indicated that they may miss the 1 May launch of phase-3 of the vaccination drive.Claiming that shortage of Covid-19 jabs may disrupt plans to immunize all adults, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telengana have said the process to vaccinate people in the 18-44 age group will begin once they get a substantial number of vaccines from pharmaceutical companies.India has also seen a huge.