THE House of Representatives has approved the P1.16 billion supplemental budget to help first-time dengue victims who were injected with a defective vaccine.

The Dengvaxia Assistance Fund was passed on third and final reading by 231 lawmakers before midnight on Tuesday after President Rodrigo Duterte certified the measure as urgent.

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