{"id":135756,"date":"2017-12-02T22:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T03:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=135756"},"modified":"2017-12-02T22:34:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T03:34:31","slug":"makati-suspends-anti-dengue-vaccination-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/02\/makati-suspends-anti-dengue-vaccination-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Makati suspends anti-dengue vaccination program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110508\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AbbyBinay_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110508\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AbbyBinay_1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Mayor Abby Binay also ordered Makati Health Department (MHD) Officer in charge Dr. Bernard Sese to coordinate with Dep-Ed Makati and closely monitor the condition of students who were given the vaccines. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AbbyBinay_1.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AbbyBinay_1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Mayor Abby Binay also ordered Makati Health Department (MHD) Officer in charge Dr. Bernard Sese to coordinate with Dep-Ed Makati and closely monitor the condition of students who were given the vaccines. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong> \u2014 The Makati City government immediately suspended its anti-dengue vaccination drive in light of recent news reports regarding the vaccine provided by the Department of Health (DOH) to local governments.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Abby Binay also ordered Makati Health Department (MHD) Officer in charge Dr. Bernard Sese to coordinate with Dep-Ed Makati and closely monitor the condition of students who were given the vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccination drive for city government employees was also suspended until the DOH issues a clarification as well as concrete guidelines on their course of action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best thing we can do right now is to closely monitor the health of students as well as employees who received the anti-dengue vaccines. We will track down everyone who has been vaccinated and monitor their condition for any developments,\u201d Binay said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Last August 14, Makati launched a city-wide vaccination program against dengue for children aged 9 to 14. The city received 65,000 units of anti-dengue vaccines from the DOH and mobilized doctors and nurses to cover all health centers as well as public elementary schools and high schools in Makati.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sese said there are still several public high schools which have not received the anti-dengue vaccine. The schedule for these schools have been postponed indefinitely until DOH releases an advisory.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Sanofi Pasteur, the manufacturer of the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, released a statement saying the drug may be harmful when administered to individuals not previously infected with dengue.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines was the first country in Asia to approve the dengue vaccine for individuals aged 9 and 45 years old in December 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The MHD noted however, that the vaccination drive for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) for both city government employees as well as public school students will continue.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 The Makati City government immediately suspended its anti-dengue vaccination drive in light of recent news reports regarding the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[10805,36742,3294],"class_list":["post-135756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abby-binay","tag-anti-dengue-vaccination","tag-makati-city","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}