MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ “greatest disadvantage” in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is its lack of funding as compared to other countries, especially now that it is procuring vaccines against the deadly respiratory disease, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday.
He said the fight against Covid-19 involves competing with other countries for medical supplies such as vaccines and medicines.
“Alam mo itong problema talaga ng Covid hindi ganoon kadali. For one, ang greatest disadvantage natin is hindi tayo mayaman at ito labanan ito ngayon sa highest bidder nga,” he said in his weekly public address.
(This problem of Covid is not so easy. For one, our g…
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