South Korea (Republic of Korea)

Latest update: 5 July 2021 - Authors: Mieke Croughs, Ula Maniewski-Kelner

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This page contains the main health risks for travellers and general recommendations. Travel conditions are different for everyone and each patient's health condition varies. Discuss your trip during a travel consultation with your doctor or in a travel clinic, preferably six to eight weeks before departure.

Important health risks

in the Northern border provinces Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do and the city Incheon (the demilitarized zone DMZ) there is a very low malaria risk (only P. vivax). We recommend the use of mosquito-repellent measures from dusk till morning. In case of fever during or after your journey, get tested for malaria as soon as possible.

Japanese encephalitis occurs in the entire country.

Ticks can transmit diseases such as Lyme disease.

Read these tips before you leave.

Vaccinations

A single booster of polio vaccination is recommended for all travelers to Asia or Africa aged 16 years or older.

Yellow fever

Mandatory for some travelers

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Yellow fever does not occur here, but the vaccination is compulsory from the age of one year if you are departing from another country where yellow fever can occur.

This vaccination must be administered at least ten days prior to arrival by an official yellow fever vaccination centre and must be registered in an International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis.