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Travel Vaccinations
I am travelling by cruise ship from Los Angeles to Miami including a complete transit of the Panama Canal. I am receiving conflicting advice over the necessity/desirability of Yellow Fever vaccinations for this trip. Has anyone done this trip and can give me a definitive answer. Any advice would be most gratefully received.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This map is sourced from the organisation which is funded by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office to provide information to travellers and health professionals:
https:/ /travel healthp ro.org. uk/admi n/web/u ploads/ YF-map- Panama. png
(i.e. it's as 'official' as it's possible to get)
You'll see that the canal forms the boundary between the 'vaccination' and 'no vaccination' areas (which might explain the conflicting information you've received). However reading the text which goes with the map provides this:
"Vaccination is NOT recommended for travellers whose itineraries are limited to areas west of the Canal, the city of Panama, the Canal area itself, and the Balboa Islands (Pearl Islands) and San Blas Islands"
See here for the whole lot:
https:/ /travel healthp ro.org. uk/coun try/174 /panama #Vaccin e_recom mendati ons
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(i.e. it's as 'official' as it's possible to get)
You'll see that the canal forms the boundary between the 'vaccination' and 'no vaccination' areas (which might explain the conflicting information you've received). However reading the text which goes with the map provides this:
"Vaccination is NOT recommended for travellers whose itineraries are limited to areas west of the Canal, the city of Panama, the Canal area itself, and the Balboa Islands (Pearl Islands) and San Blas Islands"
See here for the whole lot:
https:/