MANILA, Philippines — More officials of the previous administration would be criminally charged over the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine, Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta bared yesterday. We have documents on 43 deaths so far, so definitely, there are more complaints coming,” the PAO chief revealed. Our investigation focused on death and illnesses while the NBI was assigned to look into the procurement aspect,” she explained. “We already eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus and hopefully, this will not be a collateral damage because of the controversy surrounding Dengvaxia,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in an interview. Last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nation’s Children’s Fund declared that the Philippines has already eliminated MNT.

Source: Philippine Star April 09, 2018 15:22 UTC