MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed displeasure over what he said was an unfair study by media company Bloomberg that showed the Philippines ranks second to the last in a list of 53 countries in terms of COVID-19 pandemic resilience.
Duque noted that most of the parameters used in Bloomberg’s COVID Resilience Ranking are “skewed” to a high vaccination rate. He admitted that the Philippines still does not have enough vaccines to provide its population with protection.
Based on the study, the Philippines ranked 52nd out of 53 countries, with a score of only 45.3, next to Argentina with a score of 37. The United States topped the rankin…
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