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  • Uganda: Travellers Resort To Fake Yellow Fever Cards

    Source: http://kfm.co.ug/health/travellers-r...ver-cards.html

    Travellers Resort To Fake Yellow Fever Cards

    Health officials in Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso district have expressed worry over the increasing cases of fake Yellow Fever Immunisation Cards by travellers at the airport.

    After the recent outbreak of yellow fever in Angola that claimed over 200 lives, followed by another outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, the ministry of health issued guidelines requiring travellers to produce a valid immunisation certificate against the disease to be allowed exit and entry into Uganda.

    Uganda is currently which is listed by the World Health Organisation among the high risk yellow fever countries.

    Dr. James Eyul, the manager of Kazuri Medical Clinic that checks for the authenticity of travellers yellow fever immunisations cards at Entebbe international Airport says cases of forged cards are mostly recorded at the check in ranging between 20 and 50 every day...
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