THE Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) will ask authorities to conduct an investigation in connection with the dengue immunization program, after the manufacturer warned of problems in the vaccine.

The Department of Health (DoH) ordered the suspension of the program on Friday after the supplier, French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, said that “for those not previously infected by dengue virus,” the Dengvaxia vaccine might cause “more cases of severe disease.”

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