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Published January 27, 2021, 3:38 PM
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has decided to divide among 10 prosecutors the conduct of separate preliminary investigations of the sixth batch of complaints comprising almost 100 complaints concerning those who suffered and died after getting inoculated with the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.
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Prosecution Atty. Honey Delgado, spokesperson of the DoJ Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG), said Wednesday that the move was made after the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) filed the sixth batch of complaints on behalf of the families of the victims.
The sixth batch of complaints consists of 99 complaints involving 98 dead vaccinees and one survivor.
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