I’m not confusing two issues. France has recently said they will accept a Covid passport for someone who’s had the Covishield vaccine (AZ Indian made) as have 15 other countries. I know because we want to go, & my husband had that batch,
It’s nothing to do with vaccinating their own population...
Vaccines in the EU are approved by the EMA, European Medicine Agency. This was based in London from 1995 until 2019, and only left because of us leaving the EU. Politicians’wanting to stick it to us’ is nonsense.
Astra. Zeneca (notice how the Oxford bit has now been forgotten) couldn’t keep up...
Not true. France has accepted Brits vaccinated with those batches.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/france-allows-visitors-with-indianmade-astrazeneca-vaccine-france-astrazeneca-indian-paris-european-union-b1885822.html
Yes, my husband had one of the named batches at the Race Hill.
Grant Schapps says the matter has been sorted with Malta in this article.
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/astrazeneca-batch-number-check-how-covid-vaccine-numbers-made-india-uk-eu-travel-1083092