AS reported in The Star, the new dengue vaccine has already been used on 150,000 school children in the Philippines with only 240 (0.16%) having mild adverse events.
The Philippines plans to give a million doses to secondary school children in public schools and, despite the previous efficacy trials on 40,000 individuals in Asia and Latin America, we are still waiting to see the real world effectiveness of this vaccine.
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