A 16-year-old girl from Rizal province who was inoculated with Dengvaxia vaccine has died, the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) said on Wednesday. "After Dengvaxia vaccination, she suffered pharmocological torture through extreme pain and internal bleeding," PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta said on Facebook. The teenager from Jala-Jala, Rizal, the 165th fatality linked to the controversial vaccine, had the same signs and symptoms exhibited by the other victims after getting three doses of Dengvaxia, she said. PAO's Forensics Division chief Dr. Erwin Erfe told The Manila Times that they conducted an autopsy after the girl's parents sought the agency's help. Erfe said that the teen's cause of death was enlargement and bleeding of the brains and the lungs.

Source: Manila Times June 02, 2021 14:12 UTC