Five more countries including Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, State of Palestine, Mauritius and Mongolia have recognised India’s Covid-19 vaccination certificate, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted on Monday.
Earlier today, Australia’s medicines and medical devices regulator on Monday formally recognised India’s Covaxin, a vaccine against the coronavirus as the country’s border was reopened for the first time in nearly 20 months.
“Today, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) determined that Covaxin (manufactured by Bharat Biotech, India) and BBIBP-CorV (manufactured by Sinopharm, China) vaccines would be ‘recognised’ for the purpose of establishing a traveller’s vaccination status,” Australia’s medicines and medical devices regulator TGA said.
The supporting information has been provided to the TGA from the vaccine sponsor and/or the World Health Organisation.
“Importantly, recognition of Covaxin, and BBIBP-CorV, along with the previously announced recognition of Coronavac (manufactured by Sinovac, China) and Covishield (manufactured by AstraZeneca, India), means many citizens of China and India as well as other countries in our region where these vaccines have been widely deployed will now be considered fully vaccinated on entry to Australia.
“This will have significant impacts for the return of international students, and travel of skilled and unskilled workers to Australia. TGA’s updated report on its advice about vaccines not registered in Australia but in use internationally can be found at: COVID-19 vaccines not registered in Australia but in current international use – TGA advice on “recognition”,” the TGA said in a statement.
