'8 children died from adverse reaction to Dengvaxia'

By Arlie O. Calalo

Oct 18, 2023 12:16 am

TESTIFYING as the last prosecution witness in the Dengvaxia vaccine case, Public Attorney's Office-Forensic Laboratory Division (PAO-FLD) director Dr. Erwin Erfe stood firm on his findings that the cause of death of an initial batch of eight schoolchildren were severe adverse reactions after being inoculated with the controversial anti-dengue vaccine.

He said that all of them died 'consistently due to multiple organ enlargement, lung and brain hemorrhage as a severe adverse reaction to the Dengvaxia vaccine.'

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