PH needs vaccine for dengue as disease remains a threat despite drop in cases – expert

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MANILA, Philippines — Dengue fever cases dramatically decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the tropical disease remains a threat to the Philippines, especially during the rainy season, with outbreaks always a possibility.

“We need a vaccine for dengue,” Dr. Lulu Bravo, a vaccine expert, told INQUIRER.net in an online interview on Wednesday, the last day of June, which was National Dengue Awareness Month.

“Vaccines, are the ones that can control, prevent and hopefully, eliminate, and last but not the least, eradicate the disease… Only the vaccines can do that,” Bravo added. “Without vaccination, any disease will come back, until such time the disease will get eradicat…

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