(a) Kuala Lumpur International Airport
(b) Kuching International Airport, Sarawak
(c) Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Sabah
(d) Pulau Pinang International Airport, Pulau Pinang
(e) Senai International Airport, Johor
(f) Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar, Tanjung Kupang, Johor

For further visa and passport information, please visit the website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia at http://www.kln.gov.my or the the Malaysian Immigration Department http://www.imi.gov.my.

HEALTH REQUIREMENT FOR YELLOW FEVER DISEASE

Yellow Fever Disease

• Yellow Fever is an acute infectious disease.
• Major public health threat endemic countries.
• Infectious agent : virus of the Genus Flavivirus and family flaviviridae.
• Mode of Transmission : through the bite of infective Aaedes aegypti mosquitoes.
• Incubation Period : 3-6 days.
• Malaysia is vulnerable and receptive to Yellow Fever transmission. No case of Yellow Fever has been reported in our county.

Yellow Fever Endemic Countries

South & Central America

Africa

Yellow Fever Vaccination Requirements

• A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required from all visitors or delegates ( Malaysians and foreigners) coming from or going to/through Yellow Fever endemic countries (As stated in International Health Regulation 2005 and Prevention and control of Infectious Act. 1998)
• Travelers or delegates without a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate shall be quarantined upon arrival in Malaysia for a period not exceeding 6 days.
• The period of validity of an international certificate of vaccination against Yellow Fever is 10 years, beginning 10 days after the date of vaccination.
• If a person is re -vaccination is records on a new certificate, travelers or delegates are advised to retain the old certificate for 10 days until the new certificate becomes valid.
  

ANY QUERIES KINDLY CONTACT :

E-mail Address:     kesklia@tm.net.my
Fax No: 03-87872054 (Office), 03-87763658 (Health Quarantine Centre)