Global secretive governments are bypassing rules during COVID-19 pandemic
Global secretive governments are bypassing rules during COVID-19 pandemic From Brazil to the Philippines, secretive governments across the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by covering up data and bypassing public procurement rules, undermining trust in health systems, fuelling anti-vaxxers and putting immunization campaigns at risk. Clandestine contracts for medical goods and services have become the norm in many countries, while data on COVID-19 cases and deaths has been manipulated and underreported. Authorities and heads of states have used the pandemic as an opportunity to gu...
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