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Did Vaccine Cause Andriel's Death?
posted (January 30, 2020)

At the top of the week, we brought you the story of a mother whose newborn baby died under questionable circumstances.

On Saturday, Andriel Augustine - who was born in November of 2019 died at a private clinic. His doctor said he had a very high fever and came there with no pulse.

The family told police that his health went downhill the day after a vaccination and a high fever. Today police shared the results of the infant’s postmortem:

Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero
"A postmortem was conducted by the doctor and the cause of death was determined to be acute lower respiratory failure. A file will be put together and we will review it and see where it goes from there. No foul play suspect at this time."

The Ministry of Health says that an internal investigation has commenced and a public health team is conducting the investigation.

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