South American hotspot updates travel rules with new vaccination certificate required at borders

South American hotspot updates travel rules with new vaccination certificate required at borders

Ecuador will introduce new yellow fever vaccination requirements for travellers arriving from four neighbouring countries starting May 12.Visitors from Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil who have stayed in any of these countries for more than 10 days will need to present a valid yellow fever certificate upon entry.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its travel advice to reflect this new health requirement.The cert…

Yellow fever, which kills about 30,000 people in the world every year, seemed like a problem of the past in Colombia. The cases were minimal: 11 between 2013 and 2023, according to the National Institute of Health (INS). But a new outbreak has set off alarms. 83 cases have been counted since September, with a lethality of 44% (37 dead). It is particularly worrying that the epicenter is Tolima, a department in the center of the country that the j…

Four cases of yellow fever have occurred in Ecuador, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) and last week the death of one person was confirmed.

Since May 12, the Government of Ecuador will apply for a recent yellow fever vaccination certificate from travelers arriving from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru, as announced by the Ecuadorian authorities on Wednesday.The Ministry of Tourism indicated in a statement that the certificate should state that the vaccine has been applied up to a maximum of ten days before arriving in Ecuador, so that the passenger can enter Ecuadorian territory.A…

Ecuador will demand vaccination against yellow fever from travelers from Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.Agencia Period... Thu, 01/05/2025 - 08:25 The measure, which will apply since May 12, applies to all travelers by air, land or sea who come or have been in these countries during the last ten days. Tags { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "DataFeed", "name": "", "description": "", "creator": "@type": "Organization", "name": "Agenc…

The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador corrected the number of cases of yellow fever that it had given on Monday and reduced it to three, among which is a deceased, after discarding a fourth case that was under investigation and that finally gave negative to the analyses, EFE said. «Yesterday (Monday) existed [...] The entry Ecuador corrects its number of cases of yellow fever and reduces them to three was first published in Information Focus.