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Duterte to Duque: Answer allegations on delay in Pfizer vaccine acquisition

Published December 17, 2020, 2:54 PM President Duterte told Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to answer allegations that he was to blame for the delay in the country’s acquisition of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Senator Panfilo Lacson, citing Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez, revealed that it was Duque who “dropped the ball” on the Philippines’ chance to acquire 10 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, reportedly set for delivery as early as next month. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a meeting with some members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on April 8, 2020.

No Pfizer promise on 10 M COVID vaccines — Duque – Manila Bulletin

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Duque said the US-based pharmaceutical company did not give a “definitive” number of vaccine supply for the Philippines in their previous discussions. “Walang ganon (There was no promise). It was all indicative numbers there was no definitive supply because…in the production of these vaccines as we are talking…meron daw problema sa kanilang raw materials (they are having problems with regard to their raw materials)…there was nothing binding, nothing in our talks so this was all open-ended,” Duque said when asked if Pfizer ever promised to give the country 10 million doses of its vaccine by January.

Duterte sees no major lapse by Duque over Pfizer vaccine —Palace

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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