New Delhi: India told to the European Countries, unless they accept Covishield and Covaxin certificates, their vaccine certificates will not be accepted in India.

The people from EU will face mandatory quarantine upon arrival in India, said External Ministry Affairs sources. India will begin a reciprocal policy when it comes to exemption from quarantine.

European Union has been told to India that Covishield and Covaxin must be notified in its digital Covid – 19 certificates, sources said.  Under the new Green Pass scheme, people vaccinated with Covishield are unlikely to be allowed to travel to the member states of European Union.

The EU countries accept only the vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency, i.e.  Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Janssen. But Covishield, which is the Indian version of AstraZeneca, is yet to get their clearance.

European Union ambassador to India Ugo Astuto said, every approval process of vaccine must be conducted on its own merit. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar in a tweet took up the issue of inclusion of Covishield in the Vaccination Passport with a top EU official. Discussed vaccine production and access took up ‘Covishield’ authorization for travel to Europe will be following up.

The EU allows only those vaccinated with either of the four vaccines Comirnaty of Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, Vaxzervria by AstraZeneca-Oxford and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen do not face travel restrictions.