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FIVE million Brits face being blocked from Euro holidays because their Astra-Zeneca jabs are not recognised by the EU, a report says.
Millions of AZ vaccines administered in the UK do not qualify for the bloc’s passport scheme because they were manufactured in India.
The EU does not recognise a version of the AZ jab called Covishield produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII).
The shots – administered to some five million Brits – are yet to be authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which regulates vaccinations in the bloc, the Daily Telegraph.
It comes as a bitter blow to Brits’ holiday hopes – leaving millions potentially turned away at EU border crossings when their batch numbers on their vaccine passports are scanned.
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