According to the COVID 19 Vaccination Ordinance, the following provisions apply to international students:
(1) They fulfil the vaccination status (1G) if they have been vaccinated with a vaccine centrally licensed in the EU and if they comply with the vaccination intervals. The vaccines that have been centrally approved to date are BionTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson.
(2) They also fulfil the vaccination status if they have been vaccinated with a recognised vaccine. Recognised vaccines are:
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated (InCoV; Covilo) made by Sinopharm/BIBP Beijing
Bio-Institute of Biological Products
COVID-19 Vaccine (CoronaVac) made by Sinovac
BBV152 (COVAXIN) made by Bharat Biotech
SARS-CoV-2 rS Protein (COVID-19) recombinant spike protein Nanoparticle Vaccine NVXCoV2373 (COVOVAX) made by the Serum Institute of India
ChAdOx1_nCoV-19 Corona Virus Vaccine (Covishield) made by the Serum Institute of India
(3) For students who have received at least two vaccinations with vaccines that have been licensed abroad and do not fall under (1) or (2), the second vaccination is classed as the first vaccination. Depending on the date of the second vaccination, they must undergo one or more further vaccinations within a certain period of time (Vaccination Ordinance Section 4, Paragraph 2).