India
oi-Deepika S
New Delhi, June 29: The European Medicine Agency has not received a request for the Covidshield vaccine, a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), news agency ANI reported citing an EU official.
“Concerning a possible EMA authorisation for Covishield, as of yesterday, the EMA stated that it had not received a request for approval. It will examine any such request when received, as per its procedures,” the official was quoted as saying by ANI.
“The EU digital certificate is meant to facilitate safe free movement during the pandemic within the region. It will serve as proof that a person was vaccinated and received a negative test result or recovered from it. It is not a pre-condition to travel,” he further said.
The official also said that individual member states will have the option to accept vaccines that…