Philippines' Duque denies not acting quickly enough on Pfizer vaccine


MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Health Secretary Francisco Duque III denied on Thursday (Dec 17) that he did not act quick enough in signing the Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA) between the Department of Health and US drugmaker Pfizer as alleged by Senator Panfilo Lacson.

“I have the chronology of events so that this is all documented and there is no such a thing that I did not act quick enough, ” he said in an interview over ABS-CBN News Channel.

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