'I will take the risk…I'm clearing the way by ordering the purchase,' says President Rodrigo Duterte. COVID19PH
in patients. The tests, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire earlier said, can produce false negative or false positive results.
Duterte was referring to the required clearance needed from the Food and Drug Administration , which likewise needed an assessment from the Health Technology and Assessment Council . "There is a rule that we cannot use public funds to buy medical supplies, medicines without the FDA signal so. I will take the risk…I'm clearing the way by ordering the purchase," Duterte said.
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