And where does DHS Doctor Manzanero fit into all this? He was the point man on all COVID matters for the last government - and today he was asked squarely about what his minister says is the current woeful state of readiness:
Reporter "For Dr. Manzanero who transitioned from the old administration to this new one, I would want to hear from him whether the situation and analysis you presented was the result of his advice to the government then. He is the expert who sat around the table, we would want to know where was the disconnect."
Dr. Marvin Manzanero - Director of Health Services "I think from the get-go one of the key situations and the administrative and technical team will allude to was an issue of finances. We recognised at the Ministry of Health the elements of health we can only do some of it if we had finances and human resource"