MANILA - Sen.
Panfilo Lacson on Saturday decried Health Secretary Francisco Duque III for calling the coronavirus pandemic a "blessing in disguise," saying alleged anomalies in the health care system has affected how the country is faring in the face of the crisis.
"Some people are definitely making a killing out of the misery brought upon our people by the coronavirus, coming as it does in many forms we cannot even imagine," Lacson said. “Yet, we hear the secretary of health saying that the pandemic is a 'blessing in disguise,' we know for sure we haven’t seen the worse for our suffering countrymen, health wise and their economic well-being,” said Lacson, who had earlier called on Duque to quit his post, citing his lapses in the COVID-19 response.
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