AT least 52 children, first-time dengue victims, who were given the controversial vaccine before acquiring the disease, have been admitted to the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila since Friday, the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) said.
PAO Chief Persida Acosta told The Manila Times that some of those who were confined came from Iloilo where they received Dengvaxia, the anti-dengue drug that had endangered rather than protected the lives of its recipients.
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