Yellow Fever?

Gid

A friend has tol me that if I have been in India and then later fly to Australia they won't let me in without a yellow fever vacination certificate. Is this true? Anyone knjow anything about yellow fever in Asia because I thought it was more of an African thing?
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Gid

goangoangone

There's no yellow Fever in India.
http://www.mdtravelhealth.com/destin...a/india.html#3

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Gid

This I know, but like I said my friend told me the aussies were demanding a immunisation to it anyway. Anyone else know about this?

goangoangone

Normally you only need one when arriving from an infected area. I don't know if Oz has any special rules. Better start searching Oz sites if you're worried

SydneyKate

You don't need it if coming from India to Australia.

Gid

I have been looking into this and found a government site that said it had a link to the "blue sheet" which would detail areas you may have to get yellow fever vacinations before entering Aus from there. It said:

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Notice: The Blue Sheet was discontinued after March 1, 2004

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendations for yellow fever vaccination were broadened this year to include all areas where there is a risk for yellow fever virus transmission. New recommendations do not make a distinction between “yellow fever-infected areas” and “yellow fever-endemic zones.” Yellow fever-infected areas, by World Health Organization criteria, are areas reporting yellow fever cases. CDC defines yellow fever-endemic zones as areas reporting cases but also includes areas where a competent vector, nonhuman primates, and the ecological conditions for yellow fever virus transmission exist. Because there is a potential for infection for travelers to either endemic or infected zones, the best protection is to be vaccinated when visiting such areas.

The list of yellow fever-infected areas on the Blue Sheet does not reflect this new interpretation of disease risk; therefore, the Blue Sheet was discontinued as of March 1, 2004.
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Could this mean that India is now considered a danger area by Aus?????

SydneyKate

I can't say for sure, but I just went to my doctor asking for all the shots needed for India, and she specifically said I wouldn't need Yellow Fever, as India was not considered at risk - and I am presuming I will be allowed in when I come back from my holiday! I went to India last year too and didn't have it. As I say, I can't be 100% sure but think you can relax on that one.