UK recognises Covishield amid row with India

September 22, 2021 12:48

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UK recognises Covishield in travel policy amid India's strong objection, but raises questions on vaccination certification. More details awaited.

India had called the UK government's move to treat fully vaccinated Indians as unvaccinated a "discriminatory policy" and indicated that it has the right to take reciprocal action.

"Covishield is a licensed product of a UK company manufactured in India. We have supplied 5 million doses of Covishield to the UK on its request. Therefore, non-recognition of Covishield is a discriminatory policy and impacts those citizens travelling to the UK," Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, too, took up the matter with his UK counterpart, Liz Truss, in a meeting in New York and urged for an early resolution in mutual interest.

Last Friday, the UK introduced a new system for international travel, removing the home isolation requirement for vaccinated individuals from certain countries.

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