{"id":255769,"date":"2020-05-22T05:50:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T09:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=255769"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:49:12","slug":"duque-needs-to-do-his-job-amid-covid-19-crisis-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/22\/duque-needs-to-do-his-job-amid-covid-19-crisis-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duque needs to do his job amid Covid-19 crisis: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The statement was issued even after Duque recently claimed that the country is now experiencing the second wave of Covid-19 cases, a pronouncement that had been opposed by Malaca\u00f1ang. (PIA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The government needs Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as it continues its fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malaca\u00f1ang said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The statement was issued even after Duque recently claimed that the country is now experiencing the second wave of Covid-19 cases, a pronouncement that had been opposed by Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

Despite Duque\u2019s recent remarks, he still has to perform his duty as the country\u2019s Health chief to address the Covid-19 outbreak, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecretary Duque will answer allegations in the proper forum but for now let us allow him to do his job during this global health emergency,\u201d Roque said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

Roque made the statement a day after the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) called for Duque\u2019s resignation following the Health chief\u2019s supposedly alarming claim that the country is already on the second wave of Covid-19 infections.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duque continues to fulfill his mandate \u201cat the pleasure\u201d of President Rodrigo Duterte, especially amid the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecretary Francisco Duque III serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in this challenging time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Duque, in a hybrid Senate hearing on Wednesday, bared that the Philippines is \u201cactually\u201d on the second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

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Duque\u2019s pronouncement was backed up by Dr. John Wong, an epidemiology expert who is also part of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n

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Wong said the second wave of Covid-19 infections peaked at the end of March.<\/p>\n

However, Cabinet officials, including Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o, refuted Duque\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n

Roque on Thursday also said that Duque\u2019s interpretation of \u201cwaves\u201d differed from other experts.<\/p>\n

Roque said that while medical experts may have a different interpretation of scientific data, Palace relied more on other experts\u2019 opinions that the country remains on the first wave.<\/p>\n

Also on Thursday, Duque backtracked on his earlier pronouncement, saying that the Philippines is still in its \u201cfirst major wave of sustained transmission\u201d of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

As of May 21, the Philippines has reported 13,434 Covid-19 infections, with 846 fatalities and 3,000 recoveries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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