by GTA Travel Clinic | Nov 29, 2019 | Blog
The CDC recommends that travellers avoid all nonessential travel to Venezuela. There are outbreaks of infectious diseases, and adequate health care is not available in most of the country. There has been a breakdown of the medical infrastructure in Venezuela. There...
by GTA Travel Clinic | Nov 29, 2019 | Blog
There are increasingly large numbers of polio cases in various parts to the world. If you are travelling to any of the following countries you should get a booster Polio vaccine even if you were vaccinated several time as a child. The following countries have...
by GTA Travel Clinic | Mar 5, 2019 | Blog
EBOLA in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ebola fever is a deadly disease that causes outbreaks in several African countries. It is spread by direct contact with blood or body fluids of a person infected with Ebola virus. It is also spread by contact with...
by GTA Travel Clinic | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog
Five human rabies cases and almost 800 cases of people being bitten by rabid animals have been reported in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. All five people infected with rabies have died. Rabies is a deadly disease found in the saliva of infected animals. All mammals...
by GTA Travel Clinic | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog
Please note that there are currently severe shortages of inject able Typhoid vaccine and Yellow fever vaccine in the province in Ontario. To ensure your best chances of receiving either of these vaccines if you need them , it is best to visit a travel clinic as early...
by GTA Travel Clinic | Nov 1, 2017 | Blog
There is currently an outbreak of bubonic plague in widespread areas of Madagascar. The Plague is a bacterial infection spread through bites by infected fleas. Plague causes high fever, swollen lymph glands and the infection can spread to the lungs Plague pneumonia (...
