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Gov't halts dengue vaccination program due to health risk
By Lara Tan, CNN Philippines
Updated 18:53 PM PHT Fri, December 1, 2017
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 1) ? The Department of Health (DOH) temporarily halted its dengue vaccination program after a new study that shows the vaccine poses a risk for those not previously infected by the mosquito-borne virus.
Those at risk are some 70,000 children who were vaccinated under a Health Department program since 2016.
"In the light of this new analysis, the DOH will place the dengue vaccination program on hold while review and consultation are ongoing with experts and key stakeholders and the WHO (World Health Organization) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a media briefing on Friday.
Duque said 733,713 children from Central Luzon, the region of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon, and Metro Manila were administered Dengvaxia. Eight to 10 percent or about 70,000 children have not had dengue yet, the DOH added...
Gov't halts dengue vaccination program due to health risk
By Lara Tan, CNN Philippines
Updated 18:53 PM PHT Fri, December 1, 2017
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 1) ? The Department of Health (DOH) temporarily halted its dengue vaccination program after a new study that shows the vaccine poses a risk for those not previously infected by the mosquito-borne virus.
Those at risk are some 70,000 children who were vaccinated under a Health Department program since 2016.
"In the light of this new analysis, the DOH will place the dengue vaccination program on hold while review and consultation are ongoing with experts and key stakeholders and the WHO (World Health Organization) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a media briefing on Friday.
Duque said 733,713 children from Central Luzon, the region of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon, and Metro Manila were administered Dengvaxia. Eight to 10 percent or about 70,000 children have not had dengue yet, the DOH added...