TRAVEL HEALTH ADVICE (click for general advice)

GREECE

• Confirm primary courses and boosters are up to date as recommended in the vaccination schedule - including vaccines given to special groups because of risk exposure or complications (e.g. hepatitis B for health care workers, influenza and pneumococcal vaccines for the elderly).
• Vaccines sometimes advised: hepatitis A (not normally for package tourists); tick-borne encephalitis (Thessaloniki).
• Yellow fever certificate required if and over 6 months of age and entering from an infected area.

Notes on the diseases mentioned above

• Hepatitis A is spread through contaminated food and water and can cause liver inflammation and jaundice. In risk areas you should be immunised if good hygiene is impossible.
• Tickborne encephalitis is spread by tick bites. It is a serious infection of the brain and vaccination is advised for those in risk areas unable to avoid tick bites such as campers, forestry workers and ramblers.

Malaria - See Map

• Malaria - See Map not normally present unless the illness was contracted abroad.

Advice for Travellers

• This country is considered to be low/no risk for rabies. However no animal or bat bite should be ignored and immediate first-aid and cleansing of the wound is essential. Local medical advice should always be sought following any incident.