Published January 28, 2021, 5:58 PM
Aimed at addressing vaccine hesitancy, three town hall meetings on the conduct of the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trials (SVT) have been scheduled starting tomorrow, January 29, Department of Science and Technology (DoST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña said Thursday.
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The DoST top official said that the Task Group on Vaccine Evaluation and Selection (TG-VES), in cooperation with the Task Group Demand Generation and Communication, have organized the town hall meetings “specific on clinical trials.”
The DoST chairs the TG-VES.
He said tomorrow’s town hall meetings at 4 p.m. will benefit leaders of local government units (LGUs) in trial sites. These include local chief executives and barangay captains.