Yellow Card: How To Obtain A Yellow Fever Card In Nigeria
In order to successfully Japa from this country one of the things that you need is the yellow fever vaccine card. To be allowed entry into some countries you need the yellow fever vaccination and these countries would ask for proof of vaccination before you are allowed entry. This is to prevent travellers from importing the virus into the country.
What is yellow fever?
Yellow fever is a disease caused by the yellow fever virus. A lot of people that get infected with the yellow fever virus might actually not show symptoms or only show mild symptoms and the people who are symptomatic will actually start showing symptoms 3 to 6 days after they are infected. Some of these symptoms include headache, chills, backache, muscle aches, and fever.
12% of the people who are symptomatic end up developing serious illnesses like jaundice, shock, organ failure, bleeding, and sometimes even death.
How do you contact yellow fever?
This virus is spread by infected mosquito bites.
Who is at risk of the yellow fever virus?
Anyone beaten by the infected mosquitoes carrying the yellow fever virus is at risk of the virus. There is currently no treatment or cure for the disease at this time and this is why you are advised to get vaccinated to reduce your risk of contracting the virus.
The mosquitoes that spread the virus can be found in Africa and a certain part of South America. This is why people travelling to these places are at risk of contracting the virus and why the yellow fever vaccine is recommended for travellers going to this destination.
How do you protect yourself from the virus?
In order to prevent and reduce your chances of contracting the virus you need to take steps to prevent infected mosquito bites and also ensure that you get vaccinated against the yellow fever virus.
Countries that demand the yellow fever card.
Listed below are countries that require proof of yellow fever vaccination for entry and also countries that require proof of vaccination if arriving from a country with yellow fever;
Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Dr Congo, Benin, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Mali, Liberia, Mauritania, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, Gabon, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Madagascar, Kenya, Kazakhstan, Jordan, Jamaica, Zambia, Iraq, Venezuela, Uruguay, Uganda, Trinidad and Tobago, Iran, Indonesia, India, Thailand,
Tanzania, Swaziland, Honduras, Haiti, Guyana, Guinea, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Sudan, South Africa, Somalia, Solomon Islands, Guadalupe, Grenada, Gambia, French Polynesia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Saint Eustachius, Saudi Arabia, Sao Tome, Samoa, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Vincent, Saint Martin, Fiji, Costa Rica, Cambodia, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, Columbia, Saint Helena, Rwanda, Pitcairn Islands, Paraguay, Ethiopia, El Salvador, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Cuba, Dominica,
Curacao, Nigeria, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Oman, Panama, Chad, China, Costa Rica, Cape Verde, Burma, Brunei, Botswana, Bolivia, Belize, Barbados, Bangladesh, Namibia, Nepal, Bahrain, Bahamas, Australia, Aruba, Martinique, Montserrat, Malta, Maldives, Mayotte, Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda.
How do I how do you get a yellow fever card?
If you’re in Nigeria here is how to go about getting the yellow fever vaccination card;
To start the process of getting the card in Nigeria, you have to register online at the Yellow Card Nigeria Website.
On this website, you are to fill in details like
- your gender,
- your mobile number,
- passport type,
- email address,
- your address
- your state
and also make a 2000 payment. Which can be made via Visa, Mastercard, Remita, Internet Banking, Mobile Wallet or from your Bank Branches payment options.
Once that is done, you receive a unique ID code and also a payment reference. You are to print the confirmation of payment and take it with you to the Port Health Services office along with a copy of your passport bio-data page to get the vaccination administered. If you’ve gotten the vaccine in another hospital that is not accredited to give the official yellow card, all you need to do is go with the proof of your vaccination from that hospital to the Port Health Services office and you would still be issued your card.
Once you get to the Port Health Office, you’ll be asked to provide your valid passport, the printed document that has the payment reference and also the proof of vaccination, that is if you’ve gotten the vaccination from another hospital and if you have not you will get vaccinated in the Port Health Services office. This process might cost you some amount of money, less than one thousand nairas for the scanning and printing of the documents.
Before you get vaccinated, a nurse comes to tell you all you need to know about the vaccine, why you’re getting the vaccine and all other necessary details you need to know.
After all of this is done and you have gotten vaccinated, you are then issued your yellow fever card and voila! That’s it
Where do I get my yellow fever card in Nigeria?
You can get the card and the vaccine at the Port Health Offices in Nigeria.
If You are in Lagos Nigeria, the address for the Port Health Office is H88F+G75, Airport Rd, Mafoluku Oshodi, Lagos. This is on your way to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. You can also get vaccinated and get your card at the Tin Can Island Seaport, Seme Border, Apapa Seaport and all Federal Secretariat.
To find out where you can get the card in your state, all you have to do is search the Port Health Services on Google to find the address.
Here are some things to note about the yellow fever card
- The yellow fever card becomes valid 10 days after vaccination and remains valid for life. As long as you do not lose your old card
2. Pregnant women. nursing mothers and elderly people over 60 and children under nine months of age are exempted from taking the vaccine.
3. Only accredited centres are allowed to issue a yellow card.