What is the Yellow Fever card & Rule?

World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines for all passengers who travelling to yellow fever affected countries. and yellow fever affected countries citizen traveling to worldwide must be fallow yellow fever guidelines.

Under the International Health Regulations (IHR-2005) established by the World Health Organization (WHO), countries at risk of yellow fever transmission or those preventing its introduction may

Require Proof of Yellow Fever Vaccination from travelers

• Coming from a country with yellow fever risk card
• Having transited (more than 12 hours) through such a country.
• Visiting for entry or even transit in certain cases.

Issue the Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate (IHR Yellow Card)

• Proof of vaccination valid for life (as of 2016, per WHO update).
• Must be administered at least 10 days before travel

If you are traveling from a yellow fever risk country (even as a transit passenger), some destinations will

• Deny entry without proof of vaccination.
• Quarantine or isolate unvaccinated travelers

Africa – Countries with Yellow Fever Risk

1. Angola
2. Benin
3. Burkina Faso
4. Burundi
5. Cameroon
6. Central African Republic
7. Chad
8. Republic of the Congo
9. Côte d’Ivoire
10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
11. Equatorial Guinea
12. Ethiopia
13. Gabon
14. Gambia
15. Ghana
16. Guinea
17. Guinea-Bissau
18. Kenya
19. Liberia
20. Mali
21. Mauritania
22. Niger
23. Nigeria
24. Rwanda
25. Senegal
26. Sierra Leone
27. South Sudan
28. Sudan
29. Togo
30. Uganda

South America – Countries with Yellow Fever Risk

• Argentina (northern areas only)
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad only)
• Venezuela

If you are arriving in India from a Yellow Fever risk country (even via transit (12 hours), you must present a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate

• Travelers coming from or transiting through (12 hours) countries with risk of yellow fever transmission (parts of Africa, South America)
• This includes Indian citizens returning from those countries.

Vaccination Validity

• The certificate is valid for life, starting 10 days after vaccination.

What Happens Without the Certificate?

• You may be quarantined for up to 6 days at the port of entry❌
• This applies to adults and children >6 months old❌

Indian government guidelines about Yellow Fever Vaccination