Table 1.

- Accepted vaccines (after full vaccination course) as valid proof of vaccination against COVID-19 for travelers arriving in any of the 27 EU member states and other countries and territories recognizing the EU Digital COVID certificate [3] and other 9 European countries. Among non-EU countries only those having more than 1 million international arrivals in 2018 are considered [7]. Eight most worldwide distributed COVID-19 authorized vaccines. Data as of September 27, 2021 from Visaguide.World [6], unless otherwise stated.

Country of destination (Millions of arrivals)	WHO-authorized vaccinesa								No. of accepted vaccines
	EMA-authorized vaccinesb
	ChAdOx1, Vaxzevria, AstraZeneca (N = 145)c	BNT162b2, Comirnaty, Pfizer/BioNTech (N = 125)c	mRNA-1273, Spikevax, Moderna (N = 87)c	Ad26.CoV2.S, Janssen (N = 75)c	ChAdOx1, Covishield, Serum Institute of India (N = 62)c	Inactivated, BBIBP-CorV, Sinopharm (N = 73)c	Inactivated, CoronaVac, Sinovac (N = 49)c	Gam-COVID.Vac, Sputnik V, Gamaleya (N = 74)c
EU member states
Austria (31)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
Belgium (9)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Bulgaria (9)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Croatia (17)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	6
Cyprus (4)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	8
Czech Republic (14)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Denmark (12)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Estonia (3)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Finland (3)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
France (89)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Nod	Nod	No	5
Germany (39)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Greece (30)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [12]	8
Hungary (17)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	7
Ireland (10)	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Italy (62)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Latvia (2)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
Lithuania (3)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Luxemburg (1)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Malta (3)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Netherlands (18)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
Poland (20)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Portugal (23)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	4
Romania (3)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [13]	No	No	No	5
Slovakia (5)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	5
Slovenia (4)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [14]	Yes [14]	Yes [14]	8
Spain (83)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
Sweden (7)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
Non-EU countries with mutual recognition of COVID certificates with those of the EUe
Albania (5)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	4
Andorra (3)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	3
Iceland (2)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
Israel (4)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	2
Morocco (12)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	5
Norway (6)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	Yes [15]	No	7
Panama (2)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	4
Switzerland (9)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	7
Turkey (46)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	3
Ukraine (14)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	4
Other European countriesf
Armenia (2)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	3
Azerbaijan (3)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	4
Belarus (2)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	2
Bosnia & Herzegovina (1)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	2
Georgia (5)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	4
Montenegro (2)	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	2
Russia (24)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	1
Serbia (2)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes [16]	Yes	5
UK (37)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	5
No. (%) of countries accepting this vaccine	40 (87)	41 (89)	34 (74)	32 (70)	25 (54)	18 (39)	20 (43)	16 (35)

EMA: European Medicines Agency. EU: European Union. N: Number of countries where the vaccine is authorized. WHO: World Health Organization.

^aVaccines included in the WHO's emerging use listing.

^bConditional marketing authorization granted by the EMA.

^cNumber of countries that have approved this vaccine for use [5].

^dThis vaccine is accepted only after 7 days of receiving a third dose of a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine [11].

^eCountries and territories with <1 million international arrivals: Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Monaco, North Macedonia, San Marino, and The Vatican.

^fCountries with <1 million international arrivals: Rep Moldova.