Under pressure from AstraZeneca’s Indian manufacturing partner and the Indian government, Germany has been one of a number of European states to say that they will now accept Covishield for travel purposes. The European version of AstraZeneca is the same as the Indian version in all but name. According to reports in Reuters, India has offered reciprocal recognition of the EU Covid Pass for travel to India in exchange for widespread recognition of its AstraZeneca vaccine. This would mean that anyone with an EU vaccine passport could avoid quarantine when travelling to India. As of June 12th, 15 countries in Europe had officially agreed to recognise Covishield for travel, according to a tweet by WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan.

Source: The Local July 12, 2021 16:52 UTC