Uganda tackles yellow fever with new travel requirement

Uganda has rolled out a nationwide yellow fever vaccination campaign to help safeguard its population against the mosquito-borne disease that has long posed a threat.

By the end of April, Ugandan authorities had vaccinated 12.2 million of the 14 million people targeted, said Dr. Michael Baganizi, an official in charge of immunization at the health ministry.

Uganda will now require everyone travelling to and from the country to have a yellow fever vaccination card as an international health regulation, Baganizi said.

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