Garin insists deworming medicine not expired

MANILA, Philippines, July 30 (Eagle News) — After an incident where several students were rushed to hospitals after receiving deworming medicine from the Department of Health (DOH), Secretary of Health Janet Garin stated that there is no truth about allegations that the DOH gave expired deworming medicine.

She added that said medicine passed the qualifications of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being distributed to students.

(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)