Health Ministry to study dengue vaccine


KUALA KUBU BARU: The Health Ministry is looking at a higher overall protection rate against all four dengue serotypes before deciding on a proposed vaccine for the disease.

Its minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the vaccine, produced by French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur, only gave an overall protection rate of 56%.

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