{"id":138096,"date":"2017-12-11T03:31:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T08:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=138096"},"modified":"2017-12-11T03:31:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T08:31:52","slug":"dengvaxia-did-not-reach-palawan-assures-local-health-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/11\/dengvaxia-did-not-reach-palawan-assures-local-health-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Dengvaxia did not reach Palawan, assures local health office"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47413\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_175893413.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47413\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_175893413.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: The Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) dengue vaccination program which used the controversial Dengvaxia did not reach Palawan. (Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_175893413.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_175893413-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_175893413-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/shutterstock_175893413-20x14.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: The Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) dengue vaccination program which used the controversial Dengvaxia did not reach Palawan. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan &#8212;\u00a0The Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) dengue vaccination program which used the controversial Dengvaxia did not reach Palawan.<\/p>\n<p>This was assured Monday morning in a phone interview with the Philippine News Agency (PNA) by Dr. Peter Hew Curameng, chief of DOH provincial office in Palawan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have nothing to worry about the adverse effects of Dengvaxia because the dengue vaccination program did not reach us. Palawan was not one of the pilot areas simply because its cases were low compared to other areas in the country,\u201d said Curameng.<\/p>\n<p>Although the number of dengue cases in Palawan at 1,401 from January to November 1, 2015 topped the list as the highest in the MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) Region, it was still low-slung compared to provinces in other regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh awareness about the dengue virus has even lowered the cases in the following years. So, we\u2019re not a priority for the use of Dengvaxia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Dengvaxia manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur admitted that recipients of the vaccine but have not suffered from the dengue virus previously can suffer adverse effects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may not have the figures, but this year, if I am right, dengue cases are down. The requests made to me to help were low. This year, only Busuanga has slightly high dengue cases,\u201d Curameng said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan &#8212;\u00a0The Department of Health\u2019s (DOH) dengue vaccination program which used the controversial Dengvaxia did not reach &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":47413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[18787,36849,3693,2994],"class_list":["post-138096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-dengue-vaccination-program","tag-dengvaxia","tag-department-of-health-2","tag-palawan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138096","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=138096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}