Saudi Arabia has approved Indian-made Covaxin for travel.
In a recent vaccine update, The Indian Embassy in Saudi made the announcement yesterday that Indian citizens who are fully vaccinated with Covaxin can enter Saudi Arabia without any restrictions.
This Vaccine is Manufactured by Bharat Biotech, Covaxin is being acknowledged by several nations now. Now Saudi Arabia too has added it to its approved COVID-19 vaccines. Now Indian nationals fully vaccinated with Covaxin can visit the country easily.
the World Health Organization (WHO) gave its approval of emergency use of Covaxin It was in November 2021 that. Sooner or after, numerous countries across the globe started recognizing the covaxin for travel including the US, UK, Switzerland and Australia, among others.
Before that only 01 Vaccine Covishield, another popular vaccine in India, had the approval by the WHO. Saudi Arabia has become the latest country to approve the vaccine and now there are seven approved vaccines in the list which are Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, Oxford-Astrazeneca, Pfizer, Sinovac and Sinopharm.
Embassy is pleased to inform that Indian nationals vaccinated with 'Covaxin' are now approved to enter the Kingdom. Vaccine certificates are to be uploaded at https://t.co/6HfYIyq7K1 for residents and at https://t.co/WeJ3Kc9GX9 for visitors.@SaudiMOH @MEAIndia
— India in Saudi Arabia (@IndianEmbRiyadh) December 20, 2021