MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte lauded the country’s performance in vaccinating Filipinos on Monday, saying its “good record” showed how hard the government had worked to secure COVID-19 vaccines.
“Our record is good despite unfounded criticisms> I mean, we expect it. The Philippines was able to get the upper berth of the countries that are inoculated. That record is good, and to think people were almost in a quandary on where to get the next vaccination,” Duterte said, speaking partly in Filipino in a pre-recorded address.
Duterte was reacting to the remark of Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the country’s vaccine manager, that the…
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