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On 13 March 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission in China reported a confirmed, imported case of yellow fever (YF), in Beijing. The case is a 32-year-old man from east Zhejiang Province who returned from Luanda, Angola suffering from a febrile illness. Medical attention was sought on 10 March 2016, and yellow fever was subsequently confirmed. A large YF outbreak is ongoing in Angola with Luanda badly affected.
(Via Xinhuanet - accessed 14/03/16)
There is no yellow fever circulating in China, however, the vector mosquito (Aedes aegypti) is present and there is a risk that yellow fever virus could be introduced into the mosquito population if a patient, viraemic with yellow fever was to be bitten by a mosquito. The dengue fever season begins in July in this part of China.
For this reason China has a YF certificate requirement: A yellow fever vaccination certificate is required for travellers over 9 months of age arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and for all travellers having transited through the airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
