Yellow fever vaccination

[ERJ145]

Has anyone that has been on a Panama canal cruise been told to get a Y.F. vacc.? We are sailing from Columbia to Panama, where Columbia has the risk of YF. I am researching, but thinking maybe I should get it just to cover all base. I am a little bit confused by the country requirements and the CDC recomendations.

[cb at sea]

Nope---cruisers don't need any special shots of any kind for anything....you won't be there long enough. Now, if you were camping in the wilds for a couple days, you would need it.

[manofmagnet]

I got my yellow fever shot before my Med Cruise in Sept. on the SOS and no one checked by shot record. They don't seem to care.

[weelv2cruise]

Has anyone that has been on a Panama canal cruise been told to get a Y.F. vacc.? We are sailing from Columbia to Panama, where Columbia has the risk of YF. I am researching, but thinking maybe I should get it just to cover all base. I am a little bit confused by the country requirements and the CDC recomendations.

 

I went through the same thing. I checked the CDC and the State Department web sites (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/list.aspx0 and http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html). Then I went to our doctor who recommended the yellow fever shot. If we planned to go into the "jungle" he recommended the Malaria pills. We visited Belize, Guatemala, Hondorus and Panama. We got the yellow fever but not the Malaria pills since we weren't going into the "jungle".

[NorbertsNiece]

UK authorities recommended the YF shot as we were stopping at Colon, Panama. Also stated we should be back on board before nightfall. This was a recommendation not a requirement.