Francisco Duque III



Francisco Duque III (born 13 February 1957) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as the Secretary of Health of the Philippines since 26 October 2017 and previously in 2005–2009.

Quotes

 * Those who get infected (by COVID-19 Omicron variant despite being already vaccinated) are either wearing their (face) mask wrongly or with their nose sticking out. That's useless. That is what we call token compliance, but it's the wrong way of doing things.
 * Francisco Duque III (2022) cited in: "Duterte asks: 'Is COVID-19 airborne?' Duque blames spread on 'token compliance' with rules" in Inquirer.net, 17 January 2022.