Medical advice for travel: I
Last updated at 16:06 10 January 2002
Where diseases have been asterisked (*) immunisation against them is recommended in certain circumstances, and you should seek further advice from your GP or a travel clinic.
ICELAND
Compulsory vaccinations: none.
Recommended immunisations: none, however check you have up-to-date tetanus & polio immunisations.
INDIA
Compulsory vaccinations: yellow fever certificate required if arriving within 6 days from an infected area or if you have been in transit in an infected area (except those who remained within the airport during the transit).
Recommended immunisations: *diphtheria, hepatitis A, *hepatitis B, *Japanese B encephalitis, *malaria, polio, *TB, tetanus, typhoid.
Health risks: malaria exists all year below 2,000 metres except in parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir and Sikkim States. Rabies.
INDONESIA
Compulsory vaccinations: yellow fever certificate required if arriving from infected areas.
Recommended immunisations: *diphtheria, hepatitis A, *hepatitis B, *Japanese B encephalitis, *malaria, polio, *TB, tetanus, typhoid.
Health risks: malaria exists all year throughout the country except in Jakarta Municipality, big cities and the main tourist resorts of Java and Bali. Rabies.
IRAN
Compulsory vaccinations: none.
Recommended immunisations: *diphtheria, hepatitis A, *hepatitis B, *malaria, polio, *TB, tetanus, typhoid.
Health risks: malaria exists from Mar-Nov in the rural areas of the provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan, Hormozgan and Kerman (tropical part). There is limited risk in areas north of the Zagros mountains and in western and south-western regions during the summer months. Rabies.
IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF
Compulsory vaccinations: none.
Recommended immunisations: none, however check you have up-to-date tetanus and polio immunisations.
ISRAEL
Compulsory vaccinations: none.
Recommended immunisations: *diphtheria, hepatitis A, *hepatitis B, polio, *TB, tetanus, *typhoid.
ITALY
Compulsory vaccinations: none.
Recommended immunisations: none, however check you have up-to-date tetanus and polio immunisations.
Long-term visitors should consider hepatitis A immunisation.
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