Indians vaxxed with Covishield can now travel to Poland, no quarantine required

In a recent travel update, Poland has become the latest European country to recognise India-made Covishield vaccine. The Embassy of Poland recently announced that Indians vaxxed with Covishield against the COVID-19 can travel to Poland without quarantine requirements.

The embassy took to Twitter to make the announcement and tweeted:
“Poland has recognized #Covishield as a vaccine equivalent to those recognized by the European Union, exempting from quarantine after entering the territory of the Republic of Poland.”

🇵🇱Poland has recognized #Covishield as a vaccine equivalent to those recognized by the 🇪🇺European Union, exempting from quarantine after entering the territory of the Republic of Poland.

— PLinIndia (@PLinIndia) October 22, 2021

The decision comes after a study in the New England Journal of Medicine that stated that two doses of Covishield and Pfizer are 90 percent effective and that it can prevent deaths from the Coronavirus’s new Delta variant.
Sometime back, the United Kingdom had also approved Covishield as one of the accepted vaccines for travellers visiting the country with quarantine requirements. So those fully vaxxed with Covishield vaccine can now travel to the UK. Earlier the country had raised some concerns over India‘s CoWIN certificate, which made Indians vaccinated with Covishield to undergo a mandatory quarantine.

In July, Belgium had approved Covishield for travel, and by September, nearly 18 European Union nations had accepted the vaccine including Ireland, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Greece, Croatia, Switzerland, France, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Latvia, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, and Bulgaria.