Immunisation for travelling to China

If you are unwell on return from travel, seek medical attention and let your healthcare practitioner know where you have been.

• Courses or boosters usually advised: Poliomyelitis.
• Other vaccines to consider: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Rabies, Tetanus, Tick-borne Encephalitis and Typhoid.
• Selectively advised vaccines – only for those individuals at highest risk: Cholera and Japanese Encephalitis.
• Yellow fever vaccination certificate required for travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission and for all travellers having transited through the airport of a country with risk of yellow fever transmission. This requirement does not apply to travellers whose itineraries are limited to Hong Kong and Macao.