Yes ,
But the Airline should have CHECKED before allowing him to board.
Its similar to needing a Visa to the Country being visited , and you dont have one, the Airline is RESPONSIBLE for you Return flight at that point. since they allowed you on the Plane and should not have.
or Have things changed ? This is their day to day Business, they are expected to know this stuff.
Correct ..
I don’t think it’s comparable. No vaccine is required to go to Brazil. That’s akin to going to a country that doesn’t require a visa. The vaccine is required for Brazil to DR, akin to the DR demanding a visa for anyone entering from Brazil (except Dominican citizens.) Makes perfect sense the airline would check for the vaccine proof prior to boarding in Brazil while not checking in SDQ on the way to Brazil. The only way any airline would send back someone on its dime is if it lets onboard someone without having been vaccinated as they wouldn’t be able to show the proofs of the vaccine, but going to Brazil is a non-issue.
These types of restrictions are meant to protect the Dominican population from being infected with yellow fever. With that said, good thing that doesn’t exist in Haiti (don’t get any idea, I’m looking at you UN.*) Otherwise, this restriction would had been a moot point. Anyone with AIDS supposedly isn’t allowed to enter the DR, yet Haiti has a higher AIDS rate than the DR. Anyone check an illegal immigrant from Haiti for that?
It would be interesting to see when Haiti got rid of yellow fever. I very clearly remember that most of the French troops, including Leclerc himself, died from yellow fever and other mosquito-borne diseases contracted in Haiti back in 1802.
* The DR didn’t had cholera and neither did Haiti. Thanks to the UN Haiti got cholera and guess what happened shortly after? The DR has an active and effective Ministry of Public Health and they are the reason cholera didn’t get as bad in the DR as in Haiti. Signs warning about cholera and how to avoided appeared in all Dominican airports.