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Former National Task Force against Covid-19 Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon(File photo) MANILA-Former Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon of the National Task Force Against COVID clarified on Tuesday that there was "no strings attached" during the bilateral donations of Covid-19 vaccines by other countries to the Philippines. Dizon made the assurance during the resumption of the inquiry launched by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee into the reported PHP44.42 million worth of Covid-19 vaccine wastage and the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) entered by the national government on vaccine procurement contracts. "As for my personal knowledge, there were no strings attached and correlation in that donations sir," Dizon said answering to Senator Francis Tolentino, who chairs the committee, citing that at the height of the pandemic, the Philippine government was "cramming" to acquire Covid-19 jabs from the developed countries. Dizon also clarified that he was