Yellow Fever certificate and vaccination requirements WHO: 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published annual updates detailing the countries/areas that have a risk of yellow fever transmission, and/or where there are International Certificate of Vaccine or Prophylaxis (ICVP) requirements for international travellers.

TRAVAX country pages have been updated to reflect these changes.

Key updates in brief:

• Addition or removal of ICVP requirements when transiting through countries with risk: Antigua and Barbuda, Chad, Nigeria and Sudan
• Changes to age requirement for ICVP: Gabon, Mozambique, Trinidad and Tobago
• Change to requirement for all travellers or those arriving from countries with risk: Nigeria and Sudan
• Guyana has removed previous ICVP exemption for travellers arriving from Argentina, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago
• New requirement for ICVP: Uruguay
• Malta no longer states that infants under 9 months of age are subject to isolation or surveillance if arriving from an area with risk of yellow fever transmission
• Removal of requirement for ICVP: Libya and Philippines

Please refer to individual country pages for full details of their yellow fever vaccine and certificate requirements.

Please refer to WHO publication for full details:

WHO vaccination requirements and recommendations for international travellers - 2021 edition