Frustrated in quarantine

THREE weeks ago, I made a trip to Rio to watch the Olympic Games. Before I left, I checked the WHO website on the yellow fever vaccine requirement. The list showed that all countries in Africa, central and south America including Brazil (except Rio and Sao Paolo) required visitors to be vaccinated. Just to double check, I went to a private clinic and the doctor confirmed that I didn’t need to be vaccinated.

The Health Ministry knew pretty well that many Malaysians would be going to Rio either as athletes, officials or supporters. So it should have placed messages in the media specifying that it’s mandatory for all going to Rio to get vaccinated and this would have solved a lot of problems.