Seven EU countries have approved India's vaccines for arriving travellers, sources told the BBC.
Covishield is now eligible for travel to Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Ireland and Spain.
Iceland and Switzerland too have made the jab eligible for travel to the countries, sources said.
Separately, Estonia has confirmed that it will recognise all the vaccines authorised by India for incoming travellers, sources said.
Earlier, sources told the BBC that India would not recognise a EU vaccine pass for travellers unless the bloc does the same for India's own vaccine certificate.
The move had come amid reports that Covishield was not yet eligible for EU's digital green certificate set to launch on Thursday. The certificate is currently for EU citizens only.
Covishield is the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria jab, which has been authorised in the EU.
The vaccines currently eligible for the green pass have all been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
A source in India's external affairs ministry earlier said India had requested EU states to individually consider extending the exemption to people who had taken Covid-19 vaccines in India - Covishield and Covaxin - and "accept the vaccination certificate" issued by the government.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57628123
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