The Aquino administration\u2019s move to use Dengvaxia in its dengue vaccination program was an outcome of a wrong recommendation, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said on Friday at the Provincial Dengue Summit in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga.<\/p>\n
Duque was quoted as saying in a Balitanghali \u2018s report, \u201cI think this was rushed by the previous administration, they did not wish for it to bring harm, and that President Aquino was given a wrong advisory.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Duque added that if he was the health chief during that time, he would not have implemented the vaccination program to the 830,000 public school students.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always say that if I am the secretary of the DOH before, I would not allow vaccinating such large number of students. It is always good to err on the side of caution. I don\u2019t mind erring, as long as it’s on the safe side, especially that the children\u2019s lives are at stake,\u201d Duque said.<\/p>\n
He also stressed that this problem should serve as a lesson so that it will never happen again.<\/p>\n
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