Covishield: UK recognises Covid jab after India outcry

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UK has refused to recognise the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.Shashi Tharoor, author and Congress party MP, said he had cancelled a planned tour to participate in a debate at Cambridge University and to promote his new book in protest against the move.

The Serum Institute of India - the world's biggest vaccine manufacturer which makes the jab under licence from AstraZeneca - has also supplied millions of doses to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America under deals signed with various governments and as part of the global Covax scheme for poorer countries.In July, British PM Boris Johnson said he wasthere "will not prove to be a problem" for travellers who had received an Indian-made Covid jab.

Or does the rule have something to do with India's "dodgy documentation", as Mr Tharoor quoted a source as telling him.

 

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