The following changes should be made in Health Information for
International Travel 1985. The situation as of January 1, 1986:
AUSTRALIA
On page 12, delete Note. Insert: Note: Australia is not
bound
by the International Health Regulations. All persons over 1 year
of
age arriving in Australia and who have within the previous 6 days
been
in any part of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Nigeria, or Zaire or in a
yellow
fever-infected area of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, or
Sudan may be detained in quarantine if they do not have a valid
international yellow fever vaccination certificate.
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
On page 19, delete Note. Insert: Note: Christmas Island is
not
bound by the International Health Regulations. All persons over 1
year of age arriving in Christmas Island and who have within the
previous 6 days been in any part of Burkina Faso, Gambia, Nigeria,
or
Zaire or in a yellow fever-infected area of Bolivia, Brazil,
Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, or Sudan may be detained in quarantine if they do
not
have a valid international yellow fever vaccination certificate.
PANAMA
Yellow Fever -- On pages 9 and 42, delete Bocas del Toro.
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