Are you ready for your dose of Covid vaccine? -- AFP
The yellow fever vaccination certificate issued to travellers heading to the African continent. — Photos: Handout But even to this day yellow fever can only be prevented but not cured. Today, there are more than 200,000 people infected with the virus every year, with over 30,000 killed. Meanwhile, the Black Death that ravaged the world between the 14th and 19th centuries proved to be even deadlier. Like smallpox, it also became extinct and now a part of our tragic global history.
Barely 19 years later, today we are confronted with yet another global pandemic. I can say for certain that the United Nations and WHO will very soon issue another booklet to travellers around the world: the Covid-19 vaccination certificate.