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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 22499733" data-attributes="member: 79514">Rich fly to Singapore for lifesaving dengue vaccine; poor helpless due to Health Ministry delayaffluent Lankans have been travelling to Singapore to get a lifesaving dose of the vaccine whilst a delay in Health Ministry approval locally has left most poor people helpless.Sources said the rich in recent weeks have flown to Singapore, one of the 17 countries where the world’s first WHO-approved dengue vaccine by pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur is available for sale. A one-time dose is 128 Singapore dollars, which must be repeated twice within six-month intervals. The Philippines has become the first country to initiate a public program with the vaccine targeting schools.In Sri Lanka, Daily FT learns Sanofi Pasteur in June 2016 submitted an application for marketing approval to the Ministry of Health, and patients as well as medical industry analysts are fuming over the undue delay in its final approval.</blockquote>

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