Brazilian authorities have stressed that the 42 cases of severe adverse events out of half-a-million vaccinated represent only 0.008%. There is no doubt that it is a small risk at the population level. At the individual level, however, even one life lost to a severe adverse event is one too many
There is currently no antiviral treatment or licensed vaccine for dengue in India, which ranks among the top 30 countries with the highest incidence of the disease