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TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR MALAYSIANS VISITING COUNTRIES WITH RISK OF YELLOW FEVER TRANSMISSION

List of countries with risk of Yellow Fever transmission

 

 AFRICA (29 COUNTRIES)

Angola

Guinea

Benin

Guinea Bissau

Burkina Faso

Kenya

Burundi

Liberia

Cameroon

Mali

Central Africa Republic

Mauritania

Chad

Niger

Congo

Nigeria

Côte d’Ivoire

Senegal

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Sierra Leone

Equatorial Guinea

South Sudan

Ethiopia

Sudan

Gabon

Togo

Gambia

Uganda

Ghana

 

 

 SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA (13 COUNTRIES)

Argentina

French Guiana

Suriname

Bolivia

Guyana

Trinidad & Tobago

Brazil

Panama

Venezuela

Colombia

Paraguay

 

Ecuador

Peru

 

 

 

Malaysians travelling to the countries with risk of Yellow Fever transmission are advised to strictly adhere to the guidelines stipulated by the Ministry of Health as follows:

 

  1. Malaysians are advised to administer the Yellow Fever vaccination at least ten (10) days before the date of departure to countries with risk of Yellow Fever transmission for protection against infection.

 

  1. To carry the international certificate of vaccination during travel for health check.

 

  1. To get the vaccination against Yellow Fever disease at the Approved Yellow Fever vaccinating Centres in Malaysia.

 

  1. To report to Entry Point Health Office on arrival in Malaysia for health check.

 

  1. Yellow fever vaccination is also required for travellers having transited more than 12 hours through the airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.

 

  1. Travellers without a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate shall be quarantined upon arrival in Malaysia for a period not exceeding six (6) days.

 

 

PUTRAJAYA

27 May 2019