new delhi the world health organisation may have issued an emergency use listing for covaxin but people fully vaccinated with the bharat biotech jab will have to wait for some time before major international destinations like the uk and canada open up for them many countries including these two are currently evaluating covaxin and could recognise it in the coming days uk one of the biggest destinations for indians is expected to recognise covaxin soon say people in the knowasked about covaxin a british high commission spokesperson told toi saturday the uk will continue taking a phased approach to extending our vaccinated arrivals policy work is ongoing including with international partners to determine which other nonuk vaccines we might recognise in the futurea canadian high commission spokesperson has told toi the currently accepted covid19 vaccines by the country are pfizerbiontech comirnaty tozinameran bnt162b2 moderna spikevax mrna1273 astrazenecacovishield chadox1s vaxzevria azd1222 and janssenjohnson johnson ad26cov2s this list also as of now does not include covaxinresponding to a toi query on covaxin the canadian hc spokesperson said covid19 drug and vaccine submissions are prioritised and reviewed on an expedited timeline above the usual performance standards without compromising safety efficacy and quality standards due to the public health need timing for the completion of health canadas review depends on many factors including but not limited to a need for additional data discussions with the sponsor and requirements for updates to safety information the medical fraternity is unhappy at the different standards being adopted by different countries while granting approval to vaccines delhibased dr arvind kumar well known for his work during covid times told toi vaccines are medicines developed by scientists for the good of humanity their use should be above any political or geographical considerations denying the benefit of these vaccines as a means of restoring a semblance of normalcy in todays pandemicinfested world nullifies the great work being done by our scientists this should be avoided we in the fraternity look forward to a day when the worlds vaccine pool is used for the good of humanity without any bias even before the who nod 16 countries including australia which still allows extremely limited entry to foreigners had accepted covaxin the postapproval time lag in recognising covaxin is not the first time for a madeinindia whoapproved vaccine the uk for instance did not accept indias vaccine certification process for some weeks even as covishield was who approved after the uk issue indias cowin portal incorporated features allowing the jabbed to include their passport numbers and date of birth in their vaccination certificate