In today’s FactCheck: Presidential Adviser Vince Dizon claims the Philippines has the lowest number of COVID-19 cases and fatalities in Asia. It’s FALSE.
VINCE DIZON. Bases Conversion and Development Authority President Vince Dizon at a press briefing in Malacanan on November 3, 2019. Photo by King Rodriguez/Presidential PhotoVince Dizon, the deputy chief implementer of the government's COVID-19 response, said at a Malacañang press briefing on Thursday, June 25:
"Dito po sa Asya ano, I think the Philippines has probably one of the lowest cases [of COVID-19] as well as one of the lowest deaths. Pero gaya ng sabi ni Spokesperson [Harry Roque], dito sa laban na COVID, walang magaling dito.” In the same briefing, Dizon said the Philippines is doing much better compared to countries with better healthcare systems.
Roque, in this briefing and in past remarks to media, compared the Philippines to the United States and European countries where cases are in the hundreds of thousands.
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