TWO more children from the provinces of Quezon and Laguna died on Sunday while 52 others were hospitalized after receiving the defective anti-dengue vaccine , according to the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) and the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO). Dante Jimenez, Chairman of the VACC, said he got the information from the joint monitoring team of the VACC and the PAO in charge of monitoring children who were given Dengvaxia. “They (monitoring team) are now verifying the incidents and the PAO forensics is expected to conduct an autopsy on the victims either today (Sunday) or tomorrow (Monday),” Jimenez said in an interview with The Manila Times. The VACC chair did not provide further details on the victims as respect to their families. Meanwhile, 52 children, first-time dengue victims, who were given Dengvaxia, have been admitted to the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila since Friday, PAO Chief Persida Acosta told The Manila Times.

Source: Manila Times January 28, 2018 08:48 UTC