MANILA, Philippines — It is not right to say that the country is “ten steps back” in is battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Friday as he appealed to critics to think about the “heroism” of frontline workers.
Duque was reacting to the remark of former health secretary Esperanza Cabral who said that the country is “not back on square one” but instead “ten steps back from step one” in the pandemic response.
Are we back to Square One ?
Ex DOH Sec. Esperanza Cabral pic.twitter.com/1olgPZ126s
— Tony Leachon MD (@DrTonyLeachon) March 17, 2021
Duque pointed out that the country has made progress in com…
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