UK travelers vaccinated with India-made AstraZeneca can NOW enter Malta
July 16, 2021, 3:04 am

UK travelers vaccinated with India-made AstraZeneca can NOW enter Malta

The Republic World reported the United Kingdom government has claimed that it has managed to get the authorities of Malta to permit travelers from the UK who have been vaccinated with doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine made in India. Malta

This comes after a British couple was reportedly stopped from boarding a plane to Malta as they had been jabbed with vaccines made in India.

According to the Republic World, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the change on Twitter, saying that all vaccines had gone through “rigorous safety and quality checks”.

Malta government said that it will accept all travellers who have been vaccinated with an AstraZeneca jab in the UK, regardless of its manufacturing location.

Earlier on BBC Breakfast, Shapps said the UK's medicine agency, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, have been very clear that it doesn’t matter whether the AstraZeneca is made. Malta

He added that they are all same products and provide some level of protection against COVID-19.

His comment came after a UK couple were barred from boarding a plane to Malta because they had been jabbed with an AstraZeneca vaccine developed by Serum Institute in India.

The couple revealed that the airline told them that the vaccine was not recognised by Maltese authorities. Malta

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