The Federal Government has announced its plan to phase out old version of Yellow Card and replace it with new e-Yellow Card with effect from July 1
The information is in a statement by Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health.
Mashi said that the new card would contain enhanced security features that could be verified anywhere in the world by scanning the bar code or checking the card number on the yellow card portal. He said that Nigeria and some other countries were endemic for yellow fever, as such, travellers to endemic countries were at risk of exposure to infection by the yellow fever virus; hence the mandatory vaccination against the disease.
He noted that some countries also require evidence of vaccination against yellow fever as a condition for entry.
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