UK recognises Covishield, problem is India's vaccine certificate

The UK now recognises Covishield as a vaccine. This comes amid a growing row over UK not recognising the Covishield vaccine made in India. But double-vaccinated Indians still have to quarantine because of "vaccination certification issues", according to UK officials. Officials have implied the problem is not Covishield but doubts over vaccine certification in India. In its latest travel update, the UK has said that from October 4, one will qualify as fully vaccinated if they are “vaccinated under an approved vaccination programme in the UK, Europe, USA or UK vaccine programme overseas with a full course of the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen vaccines from a relevant public health body in Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan”.

It further mentions, “Formulations of the 4 listed vaccines, such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda, qualify as approved vaccines.” Certification after Covid jabs in India is a centralised national system managed through the CoWin app and portal.