Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday said it was the obligation of government to keep the public calm by providing them with the most information it could about the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia and advise them on what to do. “Instead, I want to make an appeal,” Aquino said at a news conference following the Senate investigation. Give them all the information that you possess so that they could make the right decision,” Aquino said. If there were people listening to it who probably had closed minds then i couldn’t change their position,” Aquino said. He stressed there was no “evil intent” in the decision he and his officials made when they approved the Dengvaxia vaccine.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 14, 2017 10:52 UTC