A top Department of Health (DoH) official insists that its confidentiality data agreement (CDA) with American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was for data sharing and does not involve supplying the Philippines with its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire made the clarification on Friday after Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd had been identified by Sen. Panfilo Lacson as the Cabinet member who “dropped the ball” in the deal with Pfizer.

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