Ghana president slams European countries for not recognising India-made Covishield
The Hindu
“What is intriguing is the fact that this vaccine was donated to African countries through the COVAX facility. The use of vaccines as a tool for immigration control will be a truly retrogressive step,” he said.
Ghana has termed as “unfortunate” the development in “some countries in Europe” of not recognising the manufactured in India for travellers, saying the use of vaccines as a tool for immigration control will be a “truly retrogressive step.” On Wednesday, the U.K. government added Covishield, the India-manufactured Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, to an updated international travel advisory.
Indian travellers vaccinated with two doses of Covishield will still have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the U.K. even as the vaccine has been approved under the revised British guidelines for travel, according to the U.K. officials.
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