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Last activity 17 February 2010 by Irish Beach girl

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Alexiss79

Hi,
Could you tell me if one needs vaccines for tropical diseases when is visiting Mauritius ?

Thank you!
Alexiss

radha_star

Hi,

In general you do not require any vaccination if you travel to Mauritius.  And if you are traveling from Africa, Asia or South America, they will do a malaria test within 2-3 days of your arrival.

Tropical diseases are not so common except 2 yrs back we had Chikungunya outbreak but I guess there hasn't been any cases anymore. 

Don't worry ;)

Anyways you can still check on the WHO website.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Radha

Irish Beach girl

Not sure it is the case any more that they do a malaria test if you have traveled from Africa? They didn't when I arrived from Kenya and from South Africa.

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