Originally Posted by
lsed
If I book a flight on ET that transits via ADD, would I need a YF Vaccination cert?
I read somewhere that it is required even for transit, but not sure how accurate that is?
Transit PAX are exempt:
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Ethiopia (ET)
Vaccination against Yellow Fever, if arriving within 6 days
after leaving or transiting countries with risk of yellow
fever transmission [[TIRGL/YFIN]].
Exempt from Yellow Fever vaccination:
- Children under one year.
- Transit passengers not leaving the airport in Ethiopia.
- Those not leaving the airport in the countries with risk of
yellow fever transmission.
Recommended:
- - Vaccination against Yellow Fever for all other passengers
over 9 months of age visiting any area outside the main
cities in Ethiopia;
- Malaria prophylaxis. Malaria risk - mainly in the
malignant (P. falciparum) and benign (P. vivax) form -
exists throughout the year in the whole country below 2000
m. No risk in Addis Ababa. P. Falciparum resistance to
chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reported. P. vivax
resistance to chloroquine reported. Recommended prevention:
IV .
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10 Sep 2012 / 05:05 [UTC]