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Yellow Fever Vaccination Requirement

• A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required from all visitors or delegates (Malaysians and Foreigners) coming from or going to/through countries with risk of Yellow Fever transmission (As stated in International Health Regulations 2005 and Prevention and Control of Infectious Disease Act 1988).

• Yellow fever vaccination is also required for travellers having transited more than 12 hours through the airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.

• Travellers or delegates without a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate shall be quarantined upon arrival in Malaysia for a period not exceeding 6 days.

• The period of validity of an international certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever is 10 years, beginning 10 days after the date of vaccination.

• If a person is revaccinated before the end of this period, the validity is extended for a further 10 years from the date of vaccination.

• If the revaccination is recorded on a new certificate, travellers or delegates are advised to retain the old certificate for 10 days until the new certificate becomes valid.

Countries with Risk of Yellow Fever Transmission

1. South & Central America (13 countries)

   Argentina	French	Suriname
   Brazil	Guyana	Trinidad & Tobago
   Bolivia	Panama	Venezuela
   Colombia	Paraguay
   Equador	Peru

    

2. Africa (29 countries)

Angola	Gabon	Mauritania
Benin	Gambia	Niger
Burkina Faso	Ghana	Nigeria
Burundi	Guinea	Rwanda
Cameroon	Guinea Bissau	Senegal
Central Africa Republic	Guinea Equat	Sierra Leone
Chad	Ivory Coast	Sudan
Congo	Kenya	Togo
Democratic Republic of Congo	Liberia	Uganda
Ethiopia	Mali

 

3. Note: The list of countries with risk of yellow fever transmission will be updated by Ministry of Health Malaysia regularly based on WHO list.

• For further information, please visit the Ministry of Health Malaysia website at http://www.moh.gov.my.