AstraZeneca EU travel ban backlash: ‘Permanent disappointment’
The AstraZeneca jab administered across the UK but developed in India has not been approved by the EU, meaning Britons who had the vaccine won’t be recognised by the EU’s green travel pass when going on holiday.
This could mean holidays in Europe are off the table for double-jabbed Britons, who were confident the vaccine would allow them to travel restriction-free.
The EU has released a Digital Covid Certificate which is currently being rolled out across member nations to facilitate travel.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved a selection of vaccines including Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in the UK or Europe, sold under the brand name Vaxzevria, but not the AstraZeneca vaccine made in India, called Covishield.
It is believed more than five million Britons received the jab.
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