Hyderabad: Hyderabad's Apollo Hospitals have begun to administer Sputnik V, a Russian vaccine against COVID-19, as part of a limited pilot program rolled out by Dr Reddy's Laboratories on May 18. Additionally, the vaccine is also available in Hyderabad at Continental Hospitals, according to Sauri Gudlavalleti, global head of the IPDO at Dr Reddy's. The vaccinations will follow the government's Standard Operating Procedures that include registration on CoWIN. Doctor Reddy's will supply the 1.5 lakh doses of Sputnik V vaccine for the pilot program. "This pilot phase will allow Dr Reddy's and Apollo to test the arrangements and cold chain logistics and prepare for the launch. We are confident that with the Sputnik V vaccine, we will be able to make a significant contribution to ease availability and access to Covid vaccines to the community at large," K Hari Prasad, Apollo Hospitals president said as per Times of India. On May 14, Dr Reddy's announc...
Structure of BrF3 Molecule The central atom Br has seven electrons in the valence shell. Three of these will form electron-pair bonds with three fluorine atoms leaving behind four electrons. Thus, there are three bond pairs and two lone pairs. According to VSEPR theory, these will occupy the corners of a trigonal bipyramid. The two lone pairs will occupy the equatorial positions to minimise lone pair -lone pair and the bond pair -lone pair repulsions which are greater than the bond pair-bond pair repulsions. In addition, the axial fluorine atoms will be bent towards the equatorial fluorine in order to minimise the lone-pair lone-pair repulsions. The shape would be that of a slightly bent T.