‘Looking at it urgently,’ says UK envoy on vaccine certification for India
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Looking at it urgently,’ says UK envoy on vaccine certification for India

Hindustan Times  

The British government on Wednesday included India’s Covishield in a list of approved Covid-19 jabs though the two sides are yet to reach common ground on certification so that fully vaccinated Indian travellers to the UK can avoid quarantine. India and the UK have held several meetings and discussions between technical experts since the beginning of this month, the latest being on Tuesday, to bridge differences over vaccine certification. India and the UK have held several meetings and discussions between technical experts since the beginning of this month, the latest being on Tuesday, to bridge differences over vaccine certification, people familiar with developments said on condition of anonymity. On Tuesday, India urged the UK to change its policy requiring visiting Indian nationals to quarantine even if they are fully vaccinated, describing it as discriminatory, and foreign secretary Harsh Shringla warned New Delhi could impose “reciprocal measures” against countries that don’t accept Indian vaccine certification.

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Vaccinating India: Triumphs and Challenges on the Road to Full Coverage
6 months ago

Vaccinating India: Triumphs and Challenges on the Road to Full Coverage

News 18  

Vaccines have come a long way since Dr Edward Jenner first inoculated an eight-year-old boy against smallpox in 1796. Since 1974, the EPI has boosted global newborn immunisation coverage against DTP from 5 per cent to 84 per cent in India. This program aims to reach every child and pregnant woman who missed routine immunisation due to the Covid pandemic, …

With State prod, India can be world leader in vaccines
10 months, 4 weeks ago

With State prod, India can be world leader in vaccines

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization activated its incident management support team as part of its emergency response framework on the emergence of a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases emerging from Wuhan, China, on January 1, 2020. India, the dark horse in the vaccine race, did the unexpected and against all odds, approving EUA to two vaccines — “made in India” Covishield …

Accelerating Routine Immunization in India: Insights from Covid-19 Drive
1 year, 1 month ago

Accelerating Routine Immunization in India: Insights from Covid-19 Drive

The Quint  

In the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing vaccination drive in India, the country's healthcare system gained invaluable insights into strengthening routine immunization programs. Learnings for Health Sector: The drive provided crucial insights into routine immunization systems, leveraging existing infrastructure and expertise effectively. Role of MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation & Equity Project: National Roll-Out Support: Initiated in August 2021, the …

India urges G-20 countries to join vaccine research collaborative in wake of COVID vaccine inequity
1 year, 6 months ago

India urges G-20 countries to join vaccine research collaborative in wake of COVID vaccine inequity

The Hindu  

With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing the acute inequity in vaccine development and access, the Indian government is working in partnership with two leading global non-profits to convene and build consensus among the G-20 member States and others, for a proposed Global Vaccine Research Collaborative. “International cooperation is essential to advance vaccine development for emerging pathogens, and the G-20 can serve …

India’s Winning Formula: Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible with PPPs
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s Winning Formula: Making Healthcare Affordable and Accessible with PPPs

News 18  

In the last 75 years, India’s progress as a nation has been both inspiring and impressive. Vaccine PPPs during the Covid-19 pandemic It is during the pandemic that India gained a definite advantage in the global health space, when it administered the first dose of the indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, in January 2021. Within a year of the emergence of …

‘The Vial’ trailer out: Manoj Bajpayee narrates History TV18's documentary on India’s Covid-19 vaccine journey
1 year, 9 months ago

‘The Vial’ trailer out: Manoj Bajpayee narrates History TV18's documentary on India’s Covid-19 vaccine journey

Firstpost  

India’s Covid-19 vaccination programme has proven to be the world’s largest but how did the nation, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, embark on this journey? To find out the details of a historic and unprecedented battle, check out History TV18’s documentary titled ‘The Vial – India’s Vaccine Story’ on March 24, 2023, at 8PM. ‘The Vial’ brings to life …

The Largest Vaccination Drive: Victory of People, Process and Technology
2 years, 2 months ago

The Largest Vaccination Drive: Victory of People, Process and Technology

News 18  

On the occasion of the celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Government of India under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi was able to inoculate over a billion people with more than 217 crore vaccination doses across different age groups, diverse communities and regions within the span of 18 months after the general availability …

India to launch first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer on Sept 1
2 years, 3 months ago

India to launch first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer on Sept 1

Hindustan Times  

The Department of Biotechnology in partnership with the Serum Institute of India is set to launch India’s first indigenously developed Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine against cervical cancer on Thursday, the Centre said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the World Health Organisation, India accounts for about a fifth of the global burden for cervical cancer, witnessing about 1.23 lakh …

UK-India Relationship Has Emerged Stronger Than Ever After the Covid Turbulence
2 years, 5 months ago

UK-India Relationship Has Emerged Stronger Than Ever After the Covid Turbulence

News 18  

With the UK-India week on the cusp, it becomes pertinent to discuss how the United Kingdom and India have weathered rough storms during the pandemic years to come out closer than ever. It is this three-way partnership that has now been at the helm of having already delivered over 2 billion affordable, effective vaccines which have now been administered to …

Modi@8: India’s Covid Vax Drive is a Myth Breaker in Public Health Space, Writes NTAGI Head NK Arora
2 years, 6 months ago

Modi@8: India’s Covid Vax Drive is a Myth Breaker in Public Health Space, Writes NTAGI Head NK Arora

News 18  

Not so long back, a reputed international media-house had predicted gloomily that it could take over a decade for India to vaccinate its 1.4 billion population against Covid-19. The resounding success of this drive, which has been a proactive, pre-emptive, and graded response in the management of Covid-19 has been a myth-breaker on several fronts in the public health space …

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave
2 years, 9 months ago

Being ready: The Hindu Editorial on vaccination and India’s third COVID-19 wave

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic is on a discernible wane. Balram Bhargava, Director-General, ICMR, said at a press conference this week that 92% of those who died of COVID-19 since January this year were unvaccinated, and underlined that vaccines and the wide vaccination coverage had played an important role in protecting hundreds of lives. The initial scepticism regarding the vaccines not having …

India drops testing and quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers
2 years, 10 months ago

India drops testing and quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy From today, fully vaccinated British travellers no longer need a pre-travel test or to undergo quarantine …

113 countries accept India's Covid vaccination certificate, govt informs Rajya Sabha
3 years ago

113 countries accept India's Covid vaccination certificate, govt informs Rajya Sabha

India Today  

A total of 113 countries accept India's Covid vaccination certificate with some of them having explicitly reached agreements for mutual recognition of certificates with India, while others have their own protocols which apply to all inoculated travellers, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. As of December 13, 2021, a total of 113 countries accept India’s vaccination certificate, the …

110 nations have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India: Sources
3 years, 1 month ago

110 nations have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India: Sources

India Today  

As many as 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates with India so far, official sources said on Thursday. At present, 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of vaccination certificates and also those who recognise Indian vaccination certificates of travellers fully vaccinated with Covishield/WHO approved/nationally approved Covid vaccines, the official sources said. READ: New Zealand …

India resumes Vaccine Maitri initiative: All about the programme and why it was paused for 7 months
3 years, 1 month ago

India resumes Vaccine Maitri initiative: All about the programme and why it was paused for 7 months

Firstpost  

Here’s everything you need to know about the Vaccine Maitri scheme and why it was cancelled. After administering over 113.61 crore COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens till Tuesday night, India announced that it would resume vaccine exports for four countries — Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Iran. Beginning of Vaccine Maitri In January 2021, India launched the Vaccine Maitri initiative – …

UK to recognise Covaxin for inbound travel from November 22
3 years, 1 month ago

UK to recognise Covaxin for inbound travel from November 22

Hindustan Times  

The UK will recognise India’s Covaxin jab as an approved Covid-19 vaccine for inbound travel from November 22, a move that is expected to benefit thousands of travellers from India. The UK will recognise India’s Covaxin jab as an approved Covid-19 vaccine for inbound travel from November 22. Britain also began accepting India’s vaccine certificates from October 11, ending a …

India proposes reciprocal vaccine certification mechanism to its partners: Foreign Secretary Shringla
3 years, 1 month ago

India proposes reciprocal vaccine certification mechanism to its partners: Foreign Secretary Shringla

India Today  

India has proposed a mutually acceptable Covid-19 vaccine certification framework to its partner countries to ensure a simplified international travel regime and several of them have already agreed to it, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday. The mechanism is based on reciprocal recognition of the integrity of the vaccine certification process by the partner countries and it will …

Responding to adversity with achievement
3 years, 2 months ago

Responding to adversity with achievement

The Hindu  

India has completed vaccination of 100 crore doses on October 21, 2021, in just about nine months since starting vaccination. However, when it came to something as crucial as the COVID-19 vaccine, the people of India unanimously trusted ‘Made in India’ vaccines. More than 180 countries are dependent on an extremely limited pool of producers, and dozens of nations are …

Billion on the Board: Six People Who Steered World's Largest Vaccination Drive - News18
3 years, 2 months ago

Billion on the Board: Six People Who Steered World's Largest Vaccination Drive - News18

News 18  

India scaled the peak of one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses on Thursday, an important milestone in the world’s largest inoculation drive with more to go. The countrywide vaccination programme was launched on January 16 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the aim of covering all of India’s 944 million adults this year. Apart from Covishield, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, Russia’s Sputnik …

'Quarreltine' with India Ends as UK Gives In
3 years, 2 months ago

'Quarreltine' with India Ends as UK Gives In

News 18  

The UK government finally dropped its demand for Indians – and nationals of several other countries – to quarantine on arrival in Britain. A UK government note issued late evening on Thursday says that India “will be added to this list of countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination 4am Monday 11 October. Following a furore in India led …

No Quarantine in UK for Fully-Jabbed Indian Travellers from Monday as Britain Scraps Controversial Clause
3 years, 2 months ago

No Quarantine in UK for Fully-Jabbed Indian Travellers from Monday as Britain Scraps Controversial Clause

News 18  

The UK on Thursday announced that Indian travellers won’t have to quarantine upon their arrival if they are either fully vaccinated with Covishield or any other UK-approved Covid-19 jab. No quarantine for Indian 🇮🇳 travellers to UK 🇬🇧 fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UK-approved vaccine from 11 October.Thanks to Indian government for close cooperation over last month. pic.twitter.com/cbI8Gqp0Qt — …

WHO 'Deeply Concerned' Over Covid Vaccines Approved for Emergency Use Not Being Recognised in All Countries: Official
3 years, 2 months ago

WHO 'Deeply Concerned' Over Covid Vaccines Approved for Emergency Use Not Being Recognised in All Countries: Official

News 18  

The World Health Organisation is deeply concerned that COVID-19 vaccines that have proven to be effective and have been approved by the global health body for emergency use are not being recognised in all countries, an official said on Thursday. Addressing a press briefing, Dr Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organisation …

WHO 'deeply concerned' over Covid vaccines approved for emergency use not being recognised in all countries
3 years, 2 months ago

WHO 'deeply concerned' over Covid vaccines approved for emergency use not being recognised in all countries

India TV News  

The World Health Organisation is “deeply concerned” that COVID-19 vaccines that have proven to be effective and have been approved by the global health body for emergency use are not being recognized in all countries, an official said on Thursday. Addressing a press briefing, Dr. Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organization again …

UK recognises Indian vaccine certificate: No quarantine for Covishield-vaccinated travellers from Oct 11
3 years, 2 months ago

UK recognises Indian vaccine certificate: No quarantine for Covishield-vaccinated travellers from Oct 11

India Today  

On Thursday, UK announced that fully vaccinated Indian travellers will no longer have to quarantine on entering the country. Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India, posted from his official Twitter handle, "No quarantine for Indian travellers to UK fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UK-approved vaccine from 11 October. No quarantine for Indian travellers to UK fully vaccinated with …

UK Vaccine Racism: Reciprocity Just the First Step, India Must Hit Where It Hurts
3 years, 2 months ago

UK Vaccine Racism: Reciprocity Just the First Step, India Must Hit Where It Hurts

News 18  

“It is sin to commit injustice, but it is a greater sin to tolerate injustice,” said Sri Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield. Its deliberate attempt to undermine India but blocking our vaccine first and then raising doubts over our vaccine certification portal CoWin has been reciprocated in equal measure. The rules mandate RTPCR test within 72 hours before travel, …

UK Updates Travel Advisory for Those Going to India Day After 'Tit-for-Tat' Move
3 years, 2 months ago

UK Updates Travel Advisory for Those Going to India Day After 'Tit-for-Tat' Move

News 18  

The UK government on Saturday updated its official advisory for its nationals travelling to India following New Delhi’s decision to impose reciprocal curbs on the British visitors from Monday, and said it was in close contact with Indian authorities on the issue. The updated travel advisory by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office noted an additional COVID-19 test on …

Engaging with India on vaccine certification: UK's response to reciprocal measures
3 years, 2 months ago

Engaging with India on vaccine certification: UK's response to reciprocal measures

India Today  

After India imposed reciprocal measures in response to the UK’s “discriminatory” international travel norms, the British High Commission has said the country is “continuing to engage” with New Delhi to expand its recognition of Covid-19 vaccine certification. "We are continuing to engage with the Government of India on technical cooperation to expand UK recognition of vaccine certification to people vaccinated …

India reciprocates, imposes 10-day quarantine for all travellers from UK
3 years, 2 months ago

India reciprocates, imposes 10-day quarantine for all travellers from UK

Op India  

The Indian government on Friday decided to impose reciprocal travel curbs on British visitors arriving in India from the UK, with effect from October 4. Earlier today, a senior official of the Home Ministry was quoted as saying by news agency ANI that the Indian government has decided on ‘reciprocal treatment’ to the applicants under new visa conditions. But the …

India 'Reciprocates': Covid Tests, 10-day Quarantine For All UK Visitors From Oct 4
3 years, 2 months ago

India 'Reciprocates': Covid Tests, 10-day Quarantine For All UK Visitors From Oct 4

News 18  

India has decided to ‘reciprocate’ to the United Kingdom’s recently-released Covid-related travel rules that do not recognize Indian vaccines and require fully jabbed Indians to undergo 10 days of quarantine. The latest changes in rules by the UK, announced last month, mandate that only people who have got both shots of a double-dose vaccine such as Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna …

UK travel rule row: In counter measure, India makes RT-PCR tests, 10-day quarantine must for all UK travellers
3 years, 2 months ago

UK travel rule row: In counter measure, India makes RT-PCR tests, 10-day quarantine must for all UK travellers

India Today  

After multiple warnings of “reciprocal action” against the UK over the country's rigid vaccine travel norms, New Delhi on Friday made it mandatory for UK passengers to undergo a 10-day quarantine irrespective of their vaccination status. This decision comes weeks after India remained engaged with the UK to recognise Covishield as a legitimate anti-Covid vaccine as the new UK travel …

Different rules across nations hurting business travel - Today's Special
3 years, 2 months ago

Different rules across nations hurting business travel - Today's Special

Business Standard  

During his trip to the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that international travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates. In an oped column for a business daily, National Health Authority Chairman and head of the Cowin app, R S Sharma, wrote that they are planning to release an international version of the vaccination certificate …

Beyond Vaccine Certificates, a Need to Convey to Britain Dangers of Antagonising India
3 years, 2 months ago

Beyond Vaccine Certificates, a Need to Convey to Britain Dangers of Antagonising India

News 18  

The British taught us bureaucracy. As Indrani Bagchi, one of our foremost foreign affairs analysts, tweeted: “India gets many things wrong, but I will say that our vaccine certificate with a QR code that can be verified in real-time isn’t one of them.” If the possibility of fraud is a concern, British authorities must be reminded that the Indian COVID-19 …

How Covid vaccine certificates are issued at rural vaccination camps in UP | Ground report
3 years, 3 months ago

How Covid vaccine certificates are issued at rural vaccination camps in UP | Ground report

India Today  

With UK raising questions over India's Covid vaccination certification while announcing its international travel guidelines, India Today carried out a ground reality check of the vaccination drive in Uttar Pradesh. India Today inspected the ground reality about the process of Covid vaccine certification and data management at the rural vaccination camps in Uttar Pradesh. India Today carried out a reality …

CoWIN adheres to WHO specifications, says COVID-19 vaccine panel chief
3 years, 3 months ago

CoWIN adheres to WHO specifications, says COVID-19 vaccine panel chief

The Hindu  

No concern whatsoever has been expressed by the government of the United Kingdom on the certification process of CoWIN, R.S. He called reports that the U.K. had agreed to recognise India-made Covishield and add it to the list of recognised vaccines, but refused to recognise vaccine certificate issued by India for Indian travellers a “baseless controversy’’. WHO standardisation Responding to …

Snippets from UK: After India, Now Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Can Skip UK's Red Traffic Light
3 years, 3 months ago

Snippets from UK: After India, Now Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Can Skip UK's Red Traffic Light

News 18  

Pak, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka join India in amber list: No doubt they think this has come too late, but Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are among countries now taken off the UK red list, which means they can now travel to Britain and quarantine for ten days at a place of their choosing, not in a hotel at high …

UK rule of 10-day quarantine for those vaccinated in India discriminatory, says Centre
3 years, 3 months ago

UK rule of 10-day quarantine for those vaccinated in India discriminatory, says Centre

Firstpost  

New Delhi: India believes the UK’s decision of 10-day quarantine for those vaccinated with Covishield here is “discriminatory” and New Delhi reserves the right to reciprocate in a similar manner, the government said Thursday, but hoped a quick resolution would be found. An important step forward in our joint aim to facilitate travel and fully protect public health of UK …

Vaccine Certification Must Meet Minimum Criteria, Working With India on 'Phased Approach': UK
3 years, 3 months ago

Vaccine Certification Must Meet Minimum Criteria, Working With India on 'Phased Approach': UK

News 18  

A day after UK added Serum Institute’s Covishield to its expanded travel advisory, the government has said Covid-19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet a minimum criteria and it is working with India on a phased approach to its international travel norms. With India’s vaccine certification not on a list of 18 approved countries, Indian travellers to the UK …

Talks on to resolve travel norms row, but vaccine certification must meet 'minimum criteria', says UK
3 years, 3 months ago

Talks on to resolve travel norms row, but vaccine certification must meet 'minimum criteria', says UK

India Today  

Amid a burgeoning diplomatic wrangle with India, the UK government has said it is working with New Delhi to figure out a “phased approach” to its international travel guidelines. “Our top priority remains protecting public health, and reopening travel in a safe and sustainable way, which is why vaccine certification from all countries must meet the minimum criteria taking into …

Global COVID-19 summit: PM calls for mutual recognition of vaccine certificates amid UK row; key points of address
3 years, 3 months ago

Global COVID-19 summit: PM calls for mutual recognition of vaccine certificates amid UK row; key points of address

Firstpost  

Modi said mutual recognition of vaccine certificates would ease international travel amid economic constraints. He also mentioned that India is ramping up production capacity of existing vaccines so that supplies to other countries can be resumed On Wedesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for mutual recognition of vaccine certificates to ease international travel amid several countries adopting different sets of …

Covishield fine, but not Indian certification: U.K.
3 years, 3 months ago

Covishield fine, but not Indian certification: U.K.

The Hindu  

The United Kingdom on Wednesday formally recognised COVID-19 vaccine Covishield produced by the Serum Institute of India. Wednesday’s announcement did not include any change in India's position in the ‘Amber List’, while the U.K. has cleared 18 countries for the ‘Green List’. Only ‘Red List’ from Oct. 4 British High Commissioner Alex Ellis in an interview with NDTV on Wednesday …

Nod to Covishield, Not to CoWIN Certificate: UK's Another Slip Between the Cup and the Lip
3 years, 3 months ago

Nod to Covishield, Not to CoWIN Certificate: UK's Another Slip Between the Cup and the Lip

News 18  

After backlash from the Indian diaspora, UK on Wednesday revised its travel advisory and included Covishield in its list of accepted vaccines butIndians will have to quarantine and get tested on arrival as Britain still does not accept CoWIN certificate. Earlier, reacting to the decision, India’s foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, had called the UK government’s decision to not recognise …

Global Covid summit: PM Modi calls for need to recognise vaccine certificates amid row with UK
3 years, 3 months ago

Global Covid summit: PM Modi calls for need to recognise vaccine certificates amid row with UK

India Today  

The world needs to focus on addressing the Covid-19 pandemic's economic effects, PM Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. How UK's travel policy for vaccinated Indians kicked up a storm The world stood with India, like a family, during the second wave of Covid-19 infections, PM Modi said. Stating that supply chains of raw materials needed for vaccine production must be …

UK recognises Covishield but quarantine rule for vaccinated Indians to continue
3 years, 3 months ago

UK recognises Covishield but quarantine rule for vaccinated Indians to continue

India Today  

The United Kingdom has announced changes in its travel and quarantine rules and said that the UK now recognises Covishield as a vaccine. 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 …

India considers ‘reciprocal’ steps to U.K.’s quarantine rules
3 years, 3 months ago

India considers ‘reciprocal’ steps to U.K.’s quarantine rules

The Hindu  

India could impose “reciprocal measures” on the United Kingdom if London maintained the current quarantine policy that subjected Indian travellers “irrespective of vaccination status” to a quarantine period lasting 10 days, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said here on Tuesday. The comments came hours after External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met his British counterpart Liz Truss in New York on …

India warns of 'reciprocal measures' over UK's decision not to recognise Covishield vaccine certificate
3 years, 3 months ago

India warns of 'reciprocal measures' over UK's decision not to recognise Covishield vaccine certificate

Firstpost  

The new rules, which also require people arriving from many other countries to undergo quarantine, have sparked anger in India New Delhi: India on Tuesday criticised the British government’s decision not to recognise coronavirus vaccine certificates issued by Indian authorities, calling it a “discriminatory policy” that will impact its citizens who want to travel to that country. Foreign Secretary Harsh …

UK's New Vaccine Rules 'Discriminatory', India Warns of 'Reciprocal Measures'
3 years, 3 months ago

UK's New Vaccine Rules 'Discriminatory', India Warns of 'Reciprocal Measures'

News 18  

The UK government’s decision to not recognise Covishield is “discriminatory” and impacts the travel of Indians travelling to that country, India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said in Delhi today, adding that it is within the country’s “right to take reciprocal measures” if the matter was not resolved. India’s Covishield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and manufactured in India by Pune-based …

Why UK faces heat from India over its 'unvaccinated' status for Covishield users
3 years, 3 months ago

Why UK faces heat from India over its 'unvaccinated' status for Covishield users

Firstpost  

As per United Kingdom’s new travel rules, Indians who have been administered Covishield – the bioequivalent of ‘Vaxzevria’ – the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine – will not be considered vaccinated and will have to undergo quarantine for 10 days The latest changes in the United Kingdom government’s COVID-19-related travel restrictions has renewed controversy over freedom of international travel during the pandemic. The …

EXPLAINED: Though Indians May Have Got Same Jab, Here's Why UK Thinks They Are As Good As Unvaccinated
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINED: Though Indians May Have Got Same Jab, Here's Why UK Thinks They Are As Good As Unvaccinated

News 18  

It has been slammed as being a policy that is “offensive and smacks of racism” given that UK has refused to recognise the Covishield vaccine manufactured in India under new rules for travel that are set to kick in next month. But the UK is not according the same status to all vaccines and is recognising only those administered “under …

'Offensive, Racist': Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh Slam UK's Covid Advisory for Vaccinated Travellers
3 years, 3 months ago

'Offensive, Racist': Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh Slam UK's Covid Advisory for Vaccinated Travellers

News 18  

A new controversy has erupted in India after the UK government has issued its new international travel advisory for Covid vaccinated people coming in and out of England. As flagged by senior Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Shashi Tharoor on Monday, the matter is that the UK has said the Indians vaccinated with Covishield would still be treated as unvaccinated. …

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