Pertussis outbreak blamed on low jab rate

By Reina C. Tolentino

Apr 02, 2024 12:04 am

HOUSE Deputy Majority Leader Janette Garin has blamed the pertussis outbreak on vaccine hesitancy.

In a press conference on Monday, Garin, a former Health secretary, said the government's vaccine coverage rate for polio, measles, mumps, rubella has fallen to 32 percent from 98 percent.

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