The South African Health Authorities are
becoming much stricter with regard to YELLOW FEVER CERTIFICATES for travellers entering
South Africa. This is of particular importance when arriving from countries in
Africa, including Zambia, and South America. Officials at Livingstone Airport
in Zambia are not allowing people to board flights to South Africa if they do
not have their Yellow Fever certificates.
While you do not need a Yellow Fever
certificate to enter Zambia, and South Africa is not included on the itinerary,
it is worth considering that in the unlikely event of an emergency, i.e.
medical, you may be evacuated to South Africa, and a Yellow Fever certificate
would be required upon entry.
If a traveller cannot have the vaccination
for medical reasons (e.g. age, pregnancy, undergoing cancer treatment, etc.),
they must go to a registered travel clinic to get a waiver certificate. Letters
from doctors who do not operate at an officially registered clinic will not be
accepted.
