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Herbosa, a former Special Adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19, said this was among the marching orders of the Chief Executive when he appointed him to lead the Department of Health.
Herbosa acknowledged there are technical difficulties in obtaining the jabs that protect against the original COVID-19 strain, SARS-CoV-2, and Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Herbosa said he also received marching orders to focus more on the problem of tuberculosis cases in the country. The President noted the country is ninth in the world in TB cases, and wanted the Philippines out of the top 10 right away.
The DOH chief also aims to lower the public’s expenses on health care, saying this was the intention of the Universal Healthcare Law.
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