Manila, Nov. 22 -- The Public Attorney's Office (PAO) on Friday said it has completed autopsies on 149 persons who died after receiving shots of then experimental dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.
PAO chief Persida Acosta said the latest victim was 13-year-old girl Shekina Venice Arciaga from Quezon City. The child's remains underwent post mortem examination on Thursday.
Arciaga died last October 28 after suffering from severe dengue despite getting shots of the dengue vaccine.
"Not one but three doses of Dengvaxia ang (binigay sa) bata (The child got not just one but three doses of Dengvaxia)," Acosta said.
Acosta learned that Arciaga told her mother "Nanay bakit sabi nila hindi ako magkaka-dengue. Bakit nagka-dengue ako? (Mom, they told me I ...