What can I do if I lose my Yellow Card?

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My family doctor has a separate record of my vaccinations. When I received a number of travel vaccinations at a separate clinic, the receptionist at my family doctor took a photocopy of the yellow card and added it to my records. Now my family doctor can easily re-create a yellow card for me at any time, including both vaccinations I got at her office and those I got at the clinic.

If you take a photograph of your existing card, it may make the process of persuading someone to make you a new one simpler. It may also substitute for the card in case of loss. In my experience (and I have not gone to places that demand a yellow fever vaccination) people only ask you if you're vaccinated and don't demand that you prove it. (Unless you're a small child registering to attend school, but that's not in scope for Travel.)

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My daughter lost hers (in fact it was stolen along with her purse).

This is in Germany. It was a huge task to get her a new one. First she got a new empty one from her own local doctor.

Then I had to go to the doctors she had while she lived here and get all the childhood and subsequent vaccinations stamped up. The pediatrician had retired but the new one had taken over his records, fortunately.

And the normal doctor still had the records but demanded a fee for stamping.

She had to send me the card and her insurance card by post and I had to get all this done and send it all back within 2 weeks, for some reason.

TLDR: make a photocopy of your vaccination card.

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