
Covid vaccines donated to African countries are not recognized by EU travel certificate
CNN
The African Union (AU) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have voiced "concern" over the equitable treatment of people who received Covid-19 shots through the COVAX initiative, after it emerged that Europe's digital 'green pass' does not recognize a vaccine that was donated to many African countries.
The European Union (EU) Digital Covid Certificate enables people who have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine approved by its medicines regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), to travel freely within the bloc. But the pass only recognizes AstraZeneca doses manufactured in Europe (branded Vaxzevria) and not those manufactured by the world's largest vaccine manufacturer -- the Serum Institute of India (SII) -- which is branded Covishield.
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