MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said Sunday that perhaps he is partly to blame for the botched deal with US drugmaker Pfizer on the procurement of 10 million vaccines for the coronavirus disease 2019.
In an interview with DZBB, Romualdez said he should have called Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to immediately sign the Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA) with the pharmaceuticalfirm.
“Sinasabi ko nga, maybe I can share the blame kung ano ang nangyari. Dapat nga tinawagan ko na mismo si Sec. Duque,” he said.
(I am saying, maybe I can share the blame on what happened. I should have called Sec. Duque directly.)
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