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Country requirement at entry:
anyone (except infants up to the age of 9 months) arriving by air or sea
without proof of vaccination against yellow fever is detained in isolation for up to 6 days if that person (i)
arrives within 6 days of departure from an area with risk of yellow fever transmission, or (ii) has been in such
an area in transit (except those passengers and members of the crew who, while in transit through an airport
situated in an area with risk of yellow fever transmission, remained within the airport premises during the
period of their entire stay and the Health Officer agrees to such exemption), or (iii) arrives on a ship that
started from or touched at any port in an area with risk of yellow fever transmission up to 30 days before its
arrival in India, unless such a ship has been disinsected in accordance with the procedure laid down by WHO,
or (iv) arrives on an aircraft that has been in an area with risk of yellow fever transmission and has not been
disinsected in accordance with the Indian Aircraft Public Health Rules, 1954, or as recommended by WHO.
Countries and areas regarded as having risk of yellow fever transmission are, in Africa: Angola, Benin,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte dʼIvoire, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo and
Uganda; and in the Americas: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad only) and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic
of). Note: When a case of yellow fever is reported from any country, that country is regarded by the
Government of India as a country with risk of yellow fever transmission and is added to the above list.
WHO vaccination recommendation:
no
Malaria
(2019)
Malaria risk due to P. falciparum and P. vivax exists throughout the year in the entire country below 2000 m.
The majority of malaria in India is reported from the eastern and central parts of the country and from states
which have large forest, hilly and tribal areas. These states include
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra and some north-eastern states such as Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram. There is no
transmission in parts of the states of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Sikkim.
WHO recommended prevention in risk areas:
C
Other country requirement(s)
(2018)
Proof of oral polio vaccination at least 4 weeks before departure for resident national travellers from polio-
endemic countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan) and countries with poliovirus circulation following
importation (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic) is required.
INDONESIA
Yellow fever
(2022)
Country requirement at entry:
proof of vaccination against yellow fever is required for travellers aged 9
months or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission.
WHO vaccination recommendation:
no
Malaria
(2022)
Malaria risk exists throughout the year in most areas of the five eastern provinces of East Nusa Tenggara,
Maluku, North Maluku, Papua, and West Papua. In other parts of the country, there is malaria risk in some
districts, except in Jakarta municipality, in cities and urban areas, and in the areas of the main tourist resorts.
P. vivax resistance to chloroquine has been reported. Human P. knowlesi infection has been reported in the
province of Kalimantan.
WHO recommended prevention in risk areas:
C
Other country requirement(s)
(2022)
Proof of vaccination against meningococcal meningitis for departing travellers to Saudi Arabia and Meningitis
Belt areas. Proof of vaccination against poliomyelitis for departing travellers to endemic countries.
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Yellow fever
(2022)
Country requirement at entry:
proof of vaccination against yellow fever is required for travellers aged 9
months or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission, and for travellers having
transited for more than 12 hours through an airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission.
WHO vaccination recommendation:
no