Mauritius travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Mauritius, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Mauritius: Mauritius.
Required to enter
- Yellow fever certificate, but only if you are arriving from a country where yellow fever is present
Recommended
- Routine vaccinations up to date
- Hepatitis A
- Typhoid for longer stays
Emergency number
114 for an ambulance, 999 for police
Care for visitors
Good and affordable
Good, and unusually so for the region. Public hospitals treat emergencies free of charge including for visitors, and the private clinics — Wellkin, Fortis Darné — are modern and reasonably priced. No malaria.
Tap water is treated and generally safe, though many visitors stick to bottled. Dengue and chikungunya occur in outbreaks. Stonefish are present on the reef — do not walk barefoot in shallow water.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
