SunStar MANILA. Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. (Photo from Presidential Communications) + December 17, 2020 HEALTH Secretary Francisco Duque III denied on Thursday, December 17, allegations that the process for the procurement of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine from Pfizer was hampered due to his failure to act on it immediately. “I have the chronology of events, so that this is all documented. There's no such thing that I did not act quick enough,” he said in a television interview. “When you go through a process, you cannot just be hurrying up things just like that. You have to be prudent and cautious especially because you are talking about a novel vaccine,” he added.