France allows Covishield vaccinated travellers, check list of countries to recognise India-made vaccine

Covishield is now recognised and accepted Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine for entry of international travellers.

France has allowed international travelers who have received the Covishield, AstraZeneca’s Indian-manufactured vaccine, into the country from Sunday (July 17) onwards.  The move to accept visitors vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine made by India’s Serum Institute came after a global outcry over the fact that the European Union's COVID-19 certificate for travel only recognized AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in Europe. Recently, the EU launched the “Green Pass" programme, which would allow travellers who have been vaccinated with an approved set of vaccines to travel inside the EU’s 27-country zone.