Indian port demands mandatory Yellow Fever precautions

Mumbai port health authority has announced that ships that have called at ports in countries where Yellow Fever is endemic will be labelled “suspect” – and subject to Indian port health rules.

The countries considered Yellow Fever endemic in Africa are: Angola, Benin, Burkino Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, South Sudan, Togo and Uganda.

And in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Gyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.