Uganda, April 9 -- The Health Ministry has announced plans to replace the existing yellow fever vaccination cards with those having security features to address forgery concerns.

"We are going to phase out all those so-called fake yellow cards that have been issued from the Airport and where... Our cards are going to be with a security feature that you will not be able to forge," Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry told journalists Monday while announcing the extension of mass vaccination exercise up to April 14.

"Whoever was not captured in our system, will not get our vaccination card, meaning they will face difficulty travelling abroad. This is the only window for you [to get authentic cards]. For this reason, we...