The DOH had designated so-called dengue and Dengvaxia lanes in hospitals to accommodate victims of the antidengue vaccine. —INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
The Department of Health (DOH) started its review of dengue vaccines approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the rising infections in the country. In a television interview on Friday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH was already studying the different dengue vaccines under the “emergency medicines list” of the WHO. “What we are doing right now here in the department would be gathering evidence, studying it and, once we have completed that, we will be convening our experts,” said Vergeire, who has been designated as officer in charge of the DOH. “So we will study this thoroughly so that we will be able to provide recommendations to [President Marcos],” she added. —Kathleen de Villa