| -link"> | | | | The vaccine should be taken ten days before your trip |
| This article is a copy of an official Brazilian | | | | 'that is how long it takes for you to be protected |
| Government press release on vaccination | | | | against the disease. The reason for this is that, in some |
| requirements for visiting Brazil. Please read below to | | | | forest areas of the country, there is the possibility of |
| fully understand vaccination requirements to Brazil. | | | | people not having taken the vaccination becoming |
| Travelling to Brazil? Do you know if any vaccination | | | | contaminated and getting sick with yellow fever. The |
| procedure should be made? Belavista-Rio obtained an | | | | Brazilian coast is free from the disease in the strip that |
| official document from the Brazilian Government | | | | goes from Rio Grande do Sul to Piauí. The forests in |
| stating what conditions and locations vaccination | | | | the coastal strip ranging from the North of Espírito |
| requirements should be made. Please read below to | | | | Santo to the South of Bahia have not registered the |
| fully understand vaccination requirements to Brazil. | | | | circulation of the wild yellow fever virus. It is important |
| For tourists who have been in transit over the past | | | | to remember that no cases of urban yellow fever |
| three months, or who are coming from certain | | | | have been seen in Brazilian cities since 1942. |
| countries - Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, | | | | Other questions and concerns regarding Vaccines: |
| Cameroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, | | | | Consult the Brazilian Consulate nearest you, or the |
| Guinea Bissau, French Guiana, Liberia, Nigeria, Peru, the | | | | Brazilian Embassy in your country, to explain any |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leon, Sudan, | | | | doubts and to obtain any other information concerning |
| Venezuela and Zaire -, an International Certificate of | | | | vaccinations in Brazil. |
| Vaccination against yellow fever is required. | | | | Again, we would like to confirm that major tourist's |
| The yellow fever vaccine is also recommended for all | | | | sites like Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza |
| national and international tourists who intend to visit the | | | | and Natal are yellow fever free areas. |
| following Brazilian areas: North (Acre, Amazonas, | | | | Although there are several tourist locations when |
| Rondônia, Roraima, Amapá, Pará, Tocantins States) | | | | travelling to Brazil, we strongly advise you to stop at |
| and Mid-west (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, | | | | the wonder city. Reasons for visiting Rio de Janeiro? |
| Goiás e Distrito Federal States) Regions of Brazil, to | | | | Consider best beaches like Ipanema, Copacabana and |
| all municipalities of Maranhão and Minas Gerais, to | | | | Leblon. Cultural Centers like Museum of Modern Art, |
| the municipalities located in the South of Piauí, West | | | | Folklore Museum and the Catete Palace. What about |
| and South of Bahia, North of Espírito Santo, | | | | monuments like Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf? |
| Northwest of São Paulo and West of the states of | | | | How about the nightclubs at Lapa? Ok, now I |
| Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. | | | | understood you got the picture! |