Yellow Fever vaccination requirements for incoming travelers to Singapore

The Singapore High Commission has issued a new rule that will require travelers to the country to get their yellow fever vaccination.

 

Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne infection.  The disease is present in Africa, Central and South America. Transmission between humans is through mosquitoes.

 

The vaccination is required prior to travelling to Singapore. However, it is required only if the tourist is from the following countries or had travelled to these below mentioned countries in the past 10 days.

 

Africa

Angola	Equatorial Guinea	Mauritania
Benin	Ethiopia	Niger
Burkina Faso	Gabon	Nigeria
Burundi	Gambia	Senegal
Cameroon	Ghana	Sierra Leone
Central African Republic	Guinea	South Sudan
Chad	Guinea-Bissau	Sudan
Congo	Kenya	Togo
Cote d’lvoire	Liberia	Uganda
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Mali

 

Latin America

Argentina	French Guiana	Peru
Bolivia	Guyana	Suriname
Brazil	Panama	Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia	Paraguay	Venezuela
Ecuador

 

Travelers should get their vaccination at least 10 days before their date of travel to Singapore. Those who refuse to get their vaccination will be quarantined for up to six days upon arrival in the country.

 

However, the vaccine is not required for individuals who have not travelled to the above-mentioned countries in past 10 days.

 

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