new delhi in a big boost to international travel 96 countries including us uk many european and middle east nations have agreed to mutual recognition of covid19 vaccination certificates with india health minister mansukh mandaviya said on tuesdaythe government continues to be in communication with more countries so that beneficiaries of the worlds largest covid vaccination programme are accepted and recognised thereby easing travel for education business and tourism purposes mandaviya said in a statementthe move will ease travel for those vaccinated with indianmanufactured covishield and covaxin the countries include canada turkey and australia as well canada has sought an application from covaxin to approve it even as whos emergency use approval has boosted the vaccines international acceptabilityat present 96 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of vaccination certificates and also those countries who recognise indian vaccination certificates of travellers fully vaccinated with covishieldwho approvednationally approved covid vaccines the government statement saidconsecutively persons travelling from these countries are provided certain relaxations as enunciated in the health ministrys guidelines on international arrivals issued on october 20 2021 the ministry said for those who wish to travel abroad the international travel vaccination certificate can also be downloaded from the cowin portalfrance germany belgium ireland netherlands spain philippines bangladesh mali ghana sierra leone angola nigeria benin chad hungary serbia poland slovak republic slovenia croatia bulgaria greece finland estonia romania moldova albania czech republic switzerland liechtenstein sweden austria montenegro and iceland are some of the countries on the listrwanda zimbabwe uganda malawi botswana namibia kyrgyz republic belarus armenia ukraine azerbaijan kazakhstan russia georgia andorra kuwait oman the uae bahrain qatar maldives comoros sri lanka mauritius peru jamaica the bahamas and brazil have also agreed to mutual recognition of covid19 vaccination certificates with indiathe ministry of health along with the ministry of external affairs is in continuous communication with all countries for mutual recognition of vaccine certificates and who and nationally approved vaccines to facilitate hasslefree international travel across countries the minister saidthe union governments commitment to accelerate the pace and expanding the scope of covid19 vaccination throughout the country has resulted in crossing the 100 crore milestone in administration of doses on october 21 2021 he stated a total of 10963 crore doses of covid vaccine had been given in the country till 730pm on tuesday