Orange wrote:
I'm traveling from Colombia to CR in mid-Feb. I received a yellow fever vaccine that says valid from July 2010 to July 2020. Those are usually good for life, but knowing it's Costa Rica, I will probably need a booster at least 10 days before?
Yellow Fever Vaccination
If you are traveling to Costa Rica from South America and / or sub-Saharan Africa, you will require a Yellow Fever vaccination and be prepared to show the yellow fever vaccination certificate at the airport when you enter Costa Rica from these specific areas of the world. You also shouldn’t travel to Costa Rica within the 10 day frame of receiving the vaccination.
The countries considered at risk are:
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, French Guyana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana and Venezuela.
https://costarica.org/travel/vaccinations/There are "exceptions". maybe you qualify for one of these?
Exceptions:
Any individual traveling to Costa Rica that has been in transit through those countries through airports, sea ports or land border posts, will be exempt from the requirement of for a yellow fever vaccination.
People who have resided in countries considered at risk, but who have resided in a non-risk country for a minimum of six days without contracting yellow fever before entering Costa Rica.
Too, People with medically certified contra-indications for the vaccination against yellow fever who carry a valid medical opinion supported approved by the health authority in the country from where they are from.
People with medically certified severe allergy to eggs.
Persons with medically certified immunosuppression disease present or in their medical history.
People with medically certified disease of the thymus present or in their medical history.
There must be a medical assessment of the pros and cons of vaccination for individuals with the following conditions: over 60 years of age, pregnancy, lactation, family history of adverse events associated with vaccination against yellow fever, hypersensitivity to gelatin and asymptomatic HIV infection, with laboratory verification of adequate immune system function.
My first thought if I was there and coming to Costa Rica, would be, is there a doctor in Colombia that would give me an exception?
For a "reasonable fee", of course...know what I mean, Vern?