31 Jul 2015 / India, Mumbai

Yellow Fever precautions

Mumbai Port Health Authority has advised that vessels that have called at ports in Yellow Fever Endemic countries within 30 days from the date of departure will be considered �suspect vessels� and Free Pratique will be granted in accordance with Indian Port Health rules. Further, any person arriving from these countries within six days of the date of departure will be required to produce a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate. Those unable to produce such a certificate will be quarantined until the end of the six days from the time and time of departure. The countries considered Yellow Fever Endemic are: AFRICAN COUNTRIES Angola, Benin, Burkino Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African republic, Chad, Congo, Cote-de-Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Togo and Uganda. SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Gyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. For information about operations in India contact GAC India at [email protected]

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