Advice from the Globe Travel Health Centre for football fans travelling to Brazil for the World Cup:
We hope you have a wonderful time, but do be aware that you will require certain vaccinations before you go – and if you are going to be travelling to Manaus, then you will need more than just the basics travel vaccinations.
All travellers to Brazil should be up to date with hepatitis A, typhoid and tetanus. Some of these may be available from your GP free of charge, but many surgeries no longer provide this service.
If you will be seeing the matches that are planned to take place in Manaus, then you will also need a yellow fever vaccination and anti-malarial medication, as Manaus, despite being a city of almost 2 million people, is in the centre of the Brazilian jungle.
If you are going to combine your football trip with some sightseeing to other areas of Brazil, you may wish to consider some other vaccinations such as hepatitis B or rabies.
You will also need advice on how to avoid other diseases such as dengue fever – this is spread by daytime-biting mosquitoes that live in urban (city) settings, the most likely place to find a football stadium
Not forgetting travellers’ diarrhoea – common, but can be avoided…
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