As Philippines seeks Covid-19 vaccines, ghost of Dengvaxia controversy lingers

“Vaccination? Not me, I don’t want it,” said Carlito Cristo Niniado, 68, a carpenter in Manila.He said he had read that 23 people abroad died after receiving Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. “If I don’t die of Covid, I’ll die of vaccination. It’s better not to take chances.”Niniado is far from a lone voice in the Philippines, where public trust in immunisations has for several years been at an all-time low, after a controversy over a dengue vaccine sparked widespread panic and a loss of faith in…

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