Australia’s medicines and medical devices regulator on Monday formally recognised COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, as the country’s border was reopened for the first time in nearly 20 months. It has already recognised Covishield.

“Today, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) determined that Covaxin (manufactured by Bharat Biotech, India)...would be ‘recognised’ for the purpose of establishing a traveller’s vaccination status,” Australia’s medicines and medical devices regulator TGA said.