| Travelling to Brazil? Do you know if | | | | that, in some forest areas of the |
| any vaccination procedure should be | | | | country, there is the possibility of |
| made? Belavista-Rio obtained an | | | | people not having taken the vaccination |
| official document from the Brazilian | | | | becoming contaminated and getting sick |
| Government stating what conditions and | | | | with yellow fever. The Brazilian coast |
| locations vaccination requirements | | | | is free from the disease in the strip |
| should be made. Please read below to | | | | that goes from Rio Grande do Sul to |
| fully understand vaccination | | | | Piau?The forests in the coastal strip |
| requirements to Brazil. | | | | ranging from the North of Esp?to Santo |
| For tourists who have been in transit | | | | to the South of Bahia have not |
| over the past three months, or who are | | | | registered the circulation of the wild |
| coming from certain countries - Angola, | | | | yellow fever virus. It is important to |
| Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, | | | | remember that no cases of urban yellow |
| Colombia, Ecuador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, | | | | fever have been seen in Brazilian cities |
| Guinea Bissau, French Guiana, Liberia, | | | | since 1942. |
| Nigeria, Peru, the Democratic Republic | | | | Other questions and concerns regarding |
| of the Congo, Sierra Leon, Sudan, | | | | Vaccines: |
| Venezuela and Zaire -, an International | | | | Consult the Brazilian Consulate nearest |
| Certificate of Vaccination against | | | | you, or the Brazilian Embassy in your |
| yellow fever is required. | | | | country, to explain any doubts and to |
| The yellow fever vaccine is also | | | | obtain any other information concerning |
| recommended for all national and | | | | vaccinations in Brazil. |
| international tourists who intend to | | | | Again, we would like to confirm that |
| visit the following Brazilian areas: | | | | major tourist's sites like Rio de |
| North (Acre, Amazonas, Rond?, Roraima, | | | | Janeiro, Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza and |
| Amap?Par?Tocantins States) and Mid-west | | | | Natal are yellow fever free areas. |
| (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goi?e | | | | Although there are several tourist |
| Distrito Federal States) Regions of | | | | locations when travelling to Brazil, we |
| Brazil, to all municipalities of | | | | strongly advise you to stop at the |
| Maranh?and Minas Gerais, to the | | | | wonder city. Reasons for visiting Rio |
| municipalities located in the South of | | | | de Janeiro? Consider best beaches like |
| Piau?West and South of Bahia, North of | | | | Ipanema, Copacabana and Leblon. |
| Esp?to Santo, Northwest of S?Paulo and | | | | Cultural Centers like Museum of Modern |
| West of the states of Paran?Santa | | | | Art, Folklore Museum and the Catete |
| Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. | | | | Palace. What about monuments like |
| The vaccine should be taken ten days | | | | Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf? How |
| before your trip 'that is how long it | | | | about the nightclubs at Lapa? Ok, now I |
| takes for you to be protected against | | | | understood you got the picture! |
| the disease. The reason for this is | | | | |