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3 UP professors critical of COVID-19 response to be invited as IATF advisers --- Roque
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has invited three University of the Philippines (UP) experts, who have been critical of the government's COVID-19 response, to join the pool of experts advising the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
The invited experts include Marion Jimenez-Tan, Michael Tan, and Joshua San Pedro of the Coalition for People's Right to Health.
Roque stated that their participation would help prevent them from labeling the government's pandemic response as a failure.
He expressed that the IATF values the insights of UP experts, particularly their predictions regarding the COVID-19 situation.
Previously, Michael Tan described the COVID-19 lockdown as a "war on the poor" whose lives have deteriorated, and gave the government a failing grade for its pandemic response.
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