Archibald Knox
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Up to 5 million British travellers hoping to visit Europe this summer face an extra hurdle as it emerged that those vaccinated with Indian-manufactured AstraZeneca jabs would not automatically skip quarantine.
Under the EU vaccine passport scheme, people given the AstraZeneca jab produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) would not automatically avoid quarantine and mandatory testing when travelling in Europe.
The SII jab, known as Covishield, offers the same protection as the British-made one, but the company has not sought approval from the European Medicines Agency. The EU vaccine passport, launched on Thursday to ease travel in the 30-country European Economic Area, only recognises jabs approved by the European regulator.
Check your NHS vaccination card. The 5 million AZ doses excluded by the EU scheme had the batch numbers 4120Z001, 4120Z002, 4120Z003. Most were given in March to those aged over 50.
Including me...
Edit: Apologies, I missed Dirky’s thread.
Under the EU vaccine passport scheme, people given the AstraZeneca jab produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) would not automatically avoid quarantine and mandatory testing when travelling in Europe.
The SII jab, known as Covishield, offers the same protection as the British-made one, but the company has not sought approval from the European Medicines Agency. The EU vaccine passport, launched on Thursday to ease travel in the 30-country European Economic Area, only recognises jabs approved by the European regulator.
Check your NHS vaccination card. The 5 million AZ doses excluded by the EU scheme had the batch numbers 4120Z001, 4120Z002, 4120Z003. Most were given in March to those aged over 50.
Including me...
Britons with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine face extra EU travel hurdle
EU vaccine passport scheme omits Covishield jab, despite it offering same protection as UK-made one
www.theguardian.com
Edit: Apologies, I missed Dirky’s thread.
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