Last Updated: 3rd July, 2021 07:55 IST UK PM Backs India's Covishield Vaccine For EU Green Pass; Says It Should Be Accepted Serum Insitute of India's Covishield which is being manufactured in partnership with AstraZeneca is yet to be recognized under EU's 'Green pass'. Image- PTI/AP UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday backed India's Covishield vaccine, saying that there was no reason why a vaccine approved by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should not be recognized as a part of vaccine passports. This comes amid the row over the India-made vaccine's acceptance for the 'EU Green Pass'. Around 5 million people in Britain are said to have been inoculated by SII's Covishield vaccine.