Like other countries of the European Union and the Schengen area, Poland has also decided to open its borders to travelers who have an EU digital certificate for COVID-19.
However, it has been announced that not all vaccines are considered valid evidence of vaccination.
According to a press release issued by the Polish government, it became clear that the country recognizes only those vaccines that have been approved for use by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Thus, this means that only the following vaccines are recognized as valid evidence of immunization in Poland:
- Pfizer / BioNTech (Comirnaty)
- AstraZeneca EU (Vakhshevria)
- Johnson and Johnson (Janssen)
- Modern (Spikevax)
Based on the same press release, it was noted that a person is considered fully vaccinated only if at least 14 days have passed since the last dose of the vaccine. In addition, vaccination must be in accordance with the EU digital certificate for COVID-19 and must be provided in Polish or English.
“Vaccination must be confirmed by an EU COVID digital certificate or other document in Polish or English confirming vaccination with a vaccine permitted in the European Union,” the government said in a statement.
Regardless of the vehicles, all fully vaccinated travelers are exempt from the ten-day quarantine currently in force in Poland.
Earlier in July, Sumya Swaminathan, an Indian clinical scientist who is a senior researcher at the World Health Organization (WHO), said that, with the exception of vaccines approved by the EMA, at least 15 EU countries have also recognized the possibility of using Covishild vaccine produced by the Serum Institute. India.
However, Poland is among the countries that do not recognize such a vaccine because it was not allowed in the EU.