Duterte sees no major lapse by Duque over Pfizer vaccine Palace By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published December 17, 2020 2:45pm President Rodrigo Duterte sees no major lapse on the part of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III amid allegations the Cabinet official bungled an opportunity to secure 10 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as early as January next year. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Duque was emotional while defending himself before Duterte and other Cabinet members during a meeting on Wednesday night. Duterte, who has repeatedly defended Duque from allegations of corruption and incompetence, asked his Health chief to respond to the accusation involving the vaccine.
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