New Delhi: Nine countries – Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Estonia and Switzerland – have cleared Serum Institute of India’s Covishield, sources said today, amid a row over vaccines accepted for a “green pass” allowing free travel in the region.
This comes after India asked the EU member nations to accept the vaccination certificate issued through the CoWIN portal. Reports say that India asked the members of the 27-nation grouping to individually consider allowing Indians who have taken Covishield and Covaxin vaccines and want to travel to Europe.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had on Tuesday took up the issue of inclusion of Covishield in the EU digital Covid certificate scheme during a meeting with Josep Borrell Fontelles, the High Representative of the European Union. The meeting took place on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in Italy.
