Italy recognises Covishield, Indians can get Green Pass

Italy recognises Covishield, Indians can get Green Pass

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New Delhi:25.09.2021

Italy has become the latest EU member to recognise WHO-approved Covid-19 vaccine Covishield, after several others like Germany, Switzerland, France and Spain. Indian vaccine cardholders are now eligible for GreenPass, the Indian embassy in Rome tweeted on Friday.

The UK now sticks out like a sore thumb with its refusal to recognise those getting Covishield jabs in India as vaccinated to exempt quarantine to arrivals from October

4. “As an outcome of G20 health ministers’ meeting between (health ministers of India and Italy) coupled with Indian foreign ministry persistent efforts, Italy’s health ministry recognises India’s Covishield. Indian vaccine CardHolders are now eligible for GreenPass,” the Indian embassy tweeted. A green pass proves that the cardholder has been fully vaccinated or recovered from Covid, granting them access to restaurants and other indoor venues.

ICMR drops Ivermectin, HCQ from Covid-19 treatment protocol

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has dropped popular medicines Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) from the approved Covid-19 treatment guidelines.

The usage of the drugs had already been stopped by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in May.

DGHS had issued comprehensive guidelines to stop use of Ivermectin and HCQ along with many other drugs for Covid-19 treatment. While ICMR had not recognised the DGHS guidelines at that point due to some differences in opinion, researchers at ICMR have now recommended removing the two medicines from the Covid-19 treatment protocol in the absence of adequate evidence to show their efficacy for such patients, an official said. TNN