As the country witnessed the end of one administration and the start of another, one thing remained constant—the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, and its threat on the lives of millions of Filipinos. INQFocus | CEBacligINQ
Aside from the Duterte administration’s so-called legacies, it passed on to the Marcos administration the immense responsibility of managing the COVID situation and the aftermath of several controversies that hounded Duterte’s COVID response, including one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country’s history.looks back at how the Duterte administration managed the pandemic as well as how it addressed—or failed to address—the string of controversies surrounding this.
“We could have actually protected the population early with the best vaccines available based on the efficacy rate and quality,” he added.He also cited the questionable pricing and costs of the vaccines, which were investigated in a series of Senate hearings last year. “I think the past administration’s level of ineptitude rolled over into the current administration. This is very evident with the absence of the secretary of health,” Leachon said.
The following month, Marcos appointed Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire as officer-in-charge of the DOH. Other key DOH officials were also appointed last month. “Going to the fifth month of the current administration of President Bongbong Marcos, we have yet to see a secretary of health,” he said.
“We won’t be caught unprepared, under-equipped, and understaffed to fight the next pandemic. To start with, we never got over the pandemic of poor, if any, free public health.”
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