London: Nearly 5 million British nationals could be banned from traveling to Europe, as they have overdosed on the corona vaccine manufactured in India. In fact, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has not yet recognized the vaccine Covishield made by the Serum Institute of India, although it is as effective as AstraZeneca.
Those vaccinating the Covishield can be prevented from entering the EU border while checking batch numbers on digital covid passports. EU Digital Covid Certificate allows people who have been vaccinated with both doses of the vaccine so that they can travel to Europe without warranty or test. The vaccine currently recognized by EMA include Pfizer-Biotech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine manufactured in Europe.
Nine European countries have recognized the Covishield. Covishield has been flagged off in Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Estonia, Ireland, and Spain. India has requested the 27-country European Union to consider allowing Indians to travel to Europe. Earlier, many European countries had also banned the use of Covishields due to blood clots.
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