CV and mad panic behaviour

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The TGA has recognised Sinovax and Covishield (India's version of AstraZeneca) but will not approve them.  That means that neither vaccine will be used in Australia but folk fully vaccinated with either will be permitted to enter Australia.

That resolves a problem for a lot of travellers.

I've heard that acknowledging the vaccines is just the first step with further applications to come in the weeks that follow, but I admit I'm not familiar with the process. The comments seemed to make sense, by getting the vaccinations accepted they basically use arriving vaccine recipients as local proof that the vaccines provide efficacy. If they didn't arrivals would have to be re-inoculated and they lose the evidence. So the strategy is that unless there are excessive numbers of cases appearing in arriving Sinovax recipients they are unlikely to refuse a future application.

A lot of the pressure for this to happen is coming out of education and tourism sectors, they want Asian travellers back!

Ironically, being re-vaccinated won't be a bad thing for the vast majority of people!