MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III admitted on Wednesday that he felt hurt when he was publicly blamed for the botched deal with US drugmaker Pfizer which other government officials said would have secured the country 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021.
“Masakit lang sa akin kasi nga eh sana hindi ganoon. Sana napag-usapan, nagbigay ng sulat, formal, may documentation lahat, because to me that’s how professional governance works,” Duque said during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay online media forum.
(It was painful to me because it should not have been done like that. I hope they wrote a formal letter because to me that’s how professio…
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