Yellow feaver in Mozambique
 

Got this mail today from another list. Source unknow :


Mozambique gets tough on Yellow Fever

Maputo - Visitors to Mozambique coming from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania will have to present Yellow Fever inoculation certificates.

This was revealed by the Ministers of Health and Interior Ivo Garrido and Jose Pacheco respectively after they signed an accord in Maputo on Monday which will make it mandatory for any visitor to Mozambique who passes through these countries to present a Yellow Fever inoculation certificate at the point of entry into the country.

The countries are among those where the disease is endemic.

Teams from the ministry of health will be posted at all border posts, Garrido told reporters.

Yellow Fever is a tropical disease spread to humans by infected mosquitoes, and many infections are mild and the disease can cause life-threatening illness. - Sapa

Published on the Web by IOL on 2007-09-11 23:17:15