Gordon said he and Sen. Nancy Binay were filing a resolution to investigate the immediate provision of the dengue vaccine, despite some questions regarding the safety of the new drug. During a hearing on the budget of the Department of Health (DOH) Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial assured Gordon that the newly registered vaccine was safe for use. “There has been an awful lot of questions about this sudden, undue haste in providing the dengue vaccine,” he told reporters after the DOH budget hearing. The vaccine is the first ever approved for use to prevent dengue, a mosquito-borne disease endemic in the Philippines. The government purchased the dengue vaccine in March this year and was delivered in the same month.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 11, 2016 19:07 UTC