Vaccinations for muliple Thailand cities
Hello,
We are travelling to Thailand next month and wondering if we need any special vaccines for malaria, yellow fever or anything else. Cities we're visiting are Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket & Chiang Mai. Thank you!
There’s no vaccine for malaria. There are anti-malarial prophylaxis drugs if you’re actually going to a malaria risk area — the forests near the borders with Myanmar and Cambodia. You need to get yellow fever vaccine if you’re previously visiting the countries in Africa where the disease is endemic.
The CDC recommends the annual flu vaccine and the vaccine against hepatitis A and B, along with updating the standard routine immunizations for measles, typhoid, diphtheria and polio. Consult your family doctor to see what you need.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/thailand
You need to visit a doctor or travel clinic instead of relying on anonymous advice from unqualified internet users.
lived here for the past 35 years and have no vaccines other than the required Covid ones
There are no required vaccines for travel to Thailand. The one exception would be Yellow Fever if you are coming from an area with a current Yellow Fever outbreak, such as some of the African nations. You can ignore hotel websites and blogs without outdated mentions of needing Covid vaccinations, those rules were dropped a few years back.
Preventing mosquito bites is a good thing to pay attention to, as in addition to Malaria, we have other mosquito borne illnesses such as Dengue, Zika, Japanese Encephalitis. The risk for all is very low to begin with and a little bite prevention one can lower that to near zero.
Sawasdee,
You could consult with your doctors for vaccines.
I am a local and travel to cities in Thailand. I don't take vaccines. I only take COVID vaccines.
My friends from US did not take vaccines when they visited Thailand.
Hi
Most vaccinations you speak of might have been needed 50 years ago but not now
The only shot you might need is a tetanus booster. YOU are much more likely to get cuts and scrapes than any infectious disease
YOU will be amazed how far ahead Thailand is over USA, in health care and infrastructure and quality of life
PLEASE speak with a medical professional professional and do it soon
There is a big difference between compulsory and recommended and as mentioned the only jab that is compulsory is the YF if you come from or transit for more than 12 hours in a country where YF is endemic
I have just had mine at my Dr's in the UK and they reccomended Hep A and Typhoid and DPT. They said if you are going for ' a pleasure ' holiday Hep B too. They did reccomend Rabies but I have left it too late. Dengue Vaccine has to be given at a private travel clinic.
Hep A and B are often given together and last once you have had the boosters for a long time.
I know there is a new vaccine for Dengue but I did not think it was available in the UK
You are not officially required to have vaccines when entering Thailand.
If you intend to travel in the tropics in the next few years it might be a good investment to have certain vaccines.
You should consult with a practitioner as to which ones you need. Try to find one who specialises in travel vaccines.
There are now vaccines fit malaria being rolled out in Africa, I've not heard of people getting them for general travel yet.
Malaria is rate in Thailand, mostly in rural areas around the Cambodian and Burmese borders
I also have not heard of people getting the Dengue vaccine for general tourism purpose.... Dengue is endemic to Thailand.
Rabies is another one to consider.
Hep A fir food birne diseases and Hep B are commonly recommended too.
Edited: 10:27 pm, January 03, 2025
