Philippines' Covid-19 response incompetent: columnist


A health worker participates in a simulation for Covid-19 vaccination in preparation for its arrival, at an elementary school turned vaccination command center in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Feb 16, 2021. - Reuters

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): At a meeting with President Duterte and other Cabinet members in Davao City last Monday (Feb 15),"vaccine tsar" General Carlito Galvez Jr. declared that "we are ready for the vaccines."

A dry run was conducted on the movement of the vaccines from the airport to the warehouse and storage facilities with time cheques being made. "All good," he said.

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