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Old Jan 10, 2011, 8:43 am
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Cheetah_SA
 
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This from an official RSA Government web site:
A vaccination against yellow fever is a requirement for a person whose journey starts or entails passing through the yellow fever belt of Africa or South America. According to international health regulations, a valid yellow fever certificate is required from all passengers older than one year coming from or going to infected areas. The countries concerned are listed hereunder.

Visas or permits will not be issued to persons who have not met the requirement of being vaccinated against yellow fever. Yellow fever certificates are valid for a period of 10 years commencing 10 days after the date of vaccination or, in the case of re-vaccination, within such period of 10 years, from the date of that re-vaccination.

According to the Department of Health, persons arriving without a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate will either be:

kept under observation for six days at their own cost
vaccinated against yellow fever at their own cost.
I guess it still revolves around the definition of "passing through".

And this from another gov site:
International law requires travellers crossing the borders of countries where yellow fever is endemic to have yellow fever vaccinations.
This at least is clearer since the OP will not "cross the border" of Senegal.
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