President Duterte came to the defense of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III anew amid criticisms on how the Department of Health (DOH) is handling the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacañan Palace on March 9, 2020.
According to Duterte, there was no country that could have prepared for a pandemic and that even the Philippines was only warned of it two days before COVID-19 actually became widespread. “Hindi natin akalain na in two days’ time after the warning was given by the WHO that it is a virulent fast-moving microbe and we were all advised to take precautions,” he added.
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