'A grain of salt': DOH downplays PH's low ranking in list of 'safest countries'

MANILA - The Department of Health on Friday downplayed an international finance magazine's survey that listed the Philippines on the bottom of the "world's safest countries" in 2021, saying the public should "take this with a grain of salt."

"The other circumstances are uncontrollable like natural disasters. E talagang ganoon. Nandito tayo sa Pilipinas and ang Philippines talaga is prone to natural disasters," Health spokesperson and Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. The health spokesperson said it would be better to avoid comparing the Philippines with other countries since other nations were not included in the survey as they declined to submit data to the finance magazine.

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