DOH to study dengue jabs as infections rise

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen through a microscope at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 14, 2019.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health said Friday it will thoroughly study the use of dengue vaccines as cases of the viral infection increase in the Philippines.

“What we’re doing here in the department would be gathering evidence, studying it, and once we have completed that, we’ll be convening our experts,” Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, officer-in-charge of the health department, said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel.

“So we will study this thoroughly so we can provide recommendations to our president,” she added.

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