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This page lists all changes to GDRI Edition 002 after Release 01.
The changes are listed with the most recent change at the top.

Changes made with Release 43

Updates in the GDRI - Change Notification No. 04 - 2024

Changes made with Release 42

Tropical Virus Risks in the GDRI - Change Notification No. 02 - 2024

Changes made with Release 41

France, Italy and Spain (WNV & Dengue) - Change Notification No. 34 - 2023

Changes made with Release 40

France (WNV & Dengue) - Change Notification No. 32 - 2023

Changes made with Release 39

Malaria - Change Notification No. 26 - 2023

Changes made with Release 38

Cuba - Change Notification No. 08 - 2023
Viral Haemorrhagic Fever - Change Notification No. 09 - 2023

Changes made with Release 37

Uganda - Change Notification No. 05 - 2023
France - Change Notification No. 01 - 2023

Changes made with Release 36

France and Monaco (Dengue Risk) - Change Notification No. 60 - 2022

Changes made with Release 35

Eswatini - Change Notification No. 47 - 2022

Changes made with Release 34

Thailand - Change Notification No. 42 - 2022

Changes made with Release 33

Congo - Change Notification No. 18 - 2022
Yellow Fever - Change Notification No. 21 - 2022
Viral Haemorrhagic Fever - Change Notification No. 23 - 2022
China - Change Notification No. 24 - 2022
Netherlands - Change Notification 32 - 2022

Changes made with Release 32

Guinea - Change Notification No. 32 - 2021
Dengue - Change Notification No. 33 - 2021
Malaria Free Countries - Change Notification No. 34 - 2021

Changes made with Release 31

Tropical Virus Risk - Change Notification No. 09 - 2021
Malaria - Change Notification No. 10 - 2021

Changes made with Release 30

Venezuela - Change Notification No. 59 - 2020
Tropical Virus Risk - Change Notification No. 68 - 2020

Changes made with Release 29

Netherlands - Change Notification No. 63 - 2020

Changes made with Release 28

Netherlands - Change Notification No. 62 - 2020

Changes made with Release 27

Spain - Change Notification No. 60 - 2020

Changes made with Release 26

Germany - Change Notification No. 50 - 2020

Changes made with Release 25

Spain - Change Notification No. 49 - 2020

Changes made with Release 24

Changes made to:
Cambodia
Iran
Italy
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam
China
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)
Japan
Macau (S.A.R.)
Malaysia
SIngapore
South Korea (Republic of)
Taiwan
Thailand
Preliminaries - Malaria - Airport Stopovers - Change Notification No. 14 - 2020

Changes made with Release 23

Italy - Change Notification No. 12 - 2020

Changes made with Release 22

Changes made to:
Cambodia
Iran
Italy
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam - Change Notification No. 11 - 2020

Changes made with Release 21

Coronavirus - Change Notification No. 07 - 2020

Changes made with Release 20

Changes made to:
Hong Kong (S.A.R)
Japan
Macau (S.A.R)
Malaysia
Singapore
South Korea (Republic of)
Taiwan
Thailand - Change Notification No. 06 - 2020

Changes made with Release 19

China - Change Notification No. 04 - 2020

Changes made with Release 18 Issue 002

France and Cyprus - Change Notification No. 33 - 2019

Changes made with Release 18 Issue 001

Oman - Change Notification No. 24 - 2019
United States of America - Change Notification No. 25 - 2019
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Change Notification No. 28-2019
Timor - Change Notification No. 29-2019
Tropical Risk - Change Notification No. 30-2019

Changes made with Release 17

Tropical Risk - Change Notification No. 06 - 2019
Cape Verde - Change Notification No. 05 - 2019

Changes made with Release 16

Slovenia - Change Notification No. 35 - 2018
Japan - Change Notification No.18 - 2018
United Arab Emirates - Change Notification No.19 - 2018

Changes made with Release 15

This release was superseded by Release 16 on 17 September because of emergency Change Notification No 35 - 2018

Changes made with Release 14

Changes made to:
France
Monaco - Change Notification No.34 - 2018

Changes made with Release 13

Changes made to:
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Change Notification No.16 - 2018

Changes made with Release 12

Chikungunya Virus - Italy - Change Notification No.03 - 2018

Changes made with Release 11

Chikungunya Virus - Italy - Change Notification No.25 - 2017

Changes made with Release 10

Changes made to:
Burkina Faso
Cote D'Ivoire
Angola
Burindi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Nigeria
Senegal
Uganda
India - Change Notification No.20 - 2017

Changes made with Release 09

Changes made to:
Azerbaijan
Belize
Borneo
Cambodia
China
Colombia
Eritrea
Georgia
Ko Samui
Laos
Malaysia
Nepal
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam - Change Notification No.16 - 2017

Changes made with Release 08

Chikungunya Virus - Somalia - Change Notification No. 09 - 2017
Tropical Risk Virus - Palau and Montserrat - - Change Nofication No. 08 - 2017

Changes made with Release 07

Name amendment of Brunei Darusslam and addition of Malaria - Change Notification No. 38 - 2016
Changes made to Mexico - Change Notification No. 39 - 2016
New entry Polynesia - Change Notification No. 40 - 2016

Changes made:

Zika Virus has been added to the Tropical Virus Risk for the following countries:
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
The Bahamas
Bangladesh
British Virgin Islands
Cambodia
Cook Islands
French Polynesia
Gabon
Grenada
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Peru
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Singapore
Turks and Caicos Islands

A Tropical Virus Risk has been added to the following countries:
The Cayman Islands
Guinea - Bissau
Argentina
Easter Island (Chile) - Change Notification No.41 - 2016
Tropical Virus Risk - Lesser Antilles - Change Notification No. 42 - 2016
Tropical Virus Risk - Uruguay - Change Notification No. 43 - 2016

Changes made with Release 06

Tropical Virus Risk - United States of America - Change Notification No. 49 - 2016

Changes made with Release 05

Addition of Malaria - Previous risk - Change Notification No. 22 - 2016

Changes made with Release 04

Changes made to:
Aruba
Belize
Jamaica
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Saint Lucia
Sint Maarten
Vietnam - Change Notification No. 30 - 2016

Changes made with Release 03

Changes made to:
Cuba
Dominica
Former Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire)
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago - Change Notification No. 17 - 2016

Changes made with Release 02

Addition of Zika virus to Tropical Virus Risk category - Change Notification No 13 and 14 - 2016

Changes made with Edition 002 Release 01

A complete rewrite of the GDRI - Change Notification No 10 - 2016


GDRI Edition 001

Changes made with Release 31

Malaria - preliminaries in the Geographcal Disease Risk Index - Change Notication No. 27 - 2015
Malaria - Change Notification No. 28 - 2015

Changes made with Release 30

Middle East Repiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia - Change Notification No. 24 - 2015

Changes made with Release 29

Namibia - Change Notification No. 13 - 2015
Chikungunya Virus - Change Notification No. 14 - 2015

Changes made with Release 28

Malaria Maps - Change Notification No. 06 - 2015

Changes made with Release 27

Viral Haemorrhagic Fever Risk - Change Notification No. 43 - 2014

Changes made with Release 26

West Nile Virus Risk - Change Notification No. 42 - 2014

Changes made with Release 25

Chikungunya Virus Risk - Change Notification No. 41 - 2014

Changes made with Release 24

Chikungunya Virus Risk - Change Notification No. 27 - 2014
Diego Garcia - Change Notification No. 28 - 2014

Changes made with Release 23

Dominican Republic and Saint Lucia - Change Notification No. 26 - 2014

Changes made with Release 22

Changes made to:
British Virgin Islands
Anguilla
Saint Martin
Sint Maarten
Saint Bathelemy
Former Netherlands Antilles
Antigua and Barbuda
St Kitts and Nevis
Montserrat
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Martinique - Change Notification No. 01 - 2014

Changes made with Release 21 Issue 02

The topic Virgin Islands and appendix 1 have been removed and updates to information in the Welcome page and Preliminaries pages - Introduction, Document and Change Control have been made

Changes made with Release 21

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Russia - Change Notification No. 14 - 2013

Changes made with Release 20

Chikungunya Virus Risk - Change Notification No. 04 - 2013

Changes made with Release 19

Hungary, Croatia and Kosovo - Change Notification No. 25 - 2012
Algeria - Change Notification No. 26 - 2012

Changes made with Release 18

Iran, Iraq and Vietnam - Change Notification No. 20 - 2012
United States of America - Change Notification No. 21 - 2012

Changes made with Release 17

West Bank, Gaza Strip, Tunisia, Greece, Serbia and Russia - Change Notification No. 19 - 2012

Changes made with Release 16

Cambodia, Columbia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Namibia, Nicaragua, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam and Zimbabwe - Change Notification No. 14 - 2012

Changes made with Release 15

Albania, Canada, Greece, Israel, Italy, Macedonia (FYR), Romania, Russia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Turkey and USA - Change Notification No. 04 - 2012

Changes made with Release 14 Issue 02

Malaria Risk updated for Morocco, Mauritius, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates
Spelling of Malaria corrected on all Malaria Risk Category Subheadings.
Preliminaries Introduction page contact information has been updated.

Changes made with Release 14

Italy - Change Notification No. 19 - 2011

Changes made with Release 13

Macedonia, Russia and Turkey - Change Notification No. 18 - 2011

Changes made with Release 12

Albania, Israel and Russia - Change Notification No. 15 - 2011

Changes made with Release 11

Romania - Change Notification No. 12 - 2011
Greece - Change Notification No. 13 - 2011

Changes made with Release 10

West Nile Virus (WNV) - Change Notification No. 10 - 2010

Changes made with Release 09

Maldives - Change Notification No. 27 - 2009

Changes made with Release 08

Italy - Change Notification No. 25 - 2009
Canada, United States of America - Change Notification No. 26 - 2009

Changes made with Release 07

Italy - Change Notification No. 11 - 2009

Changes made with Release 06

This release is the first implementation of the GDRI on the website. Layout and ordering of entries may differ on the website as compared to the Portable Document File (PDF) but there are no changes to the wording of any entries. Consequently no new PDF file is released.

Changes made with Release 05

Italy - Change Notification No. 05 - 2007
Jamaica - Change Notification No. 20 - 2006

Changes made with Release 04

Introduction - Malaria: Airport stopovers - Change Notification No. 15 - 2007

Changes made with Release 03

Bahamas (The) - Change Notification No. 07 - 2007
Canada - Change Notification No. 08 - 2007
United States of America - Change Notification No. 08 - 2007

Changes made with Release 02

Egypt - Change Notification No. 02 - 2007
Ethiopia - Change Notification No. 02 - 2007

Last updated 04/04/2024