MEMBERS of the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases have sent word to senators they will attend Tuesday’s Senate Committee of the Whole hearing on the national Covid-19 vaccine program.
Expected to be physically present are Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano.
Sending word they are attending via videoconference are Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. and Budget Secretary Wendell Avisado
Based on the agenda issued by the office of Senate President Vicente Sotto III, senators will scrutinize the rollout of the national vaccine program, including issues of efficiency, equity in distribution and transparency in pricing of the vaccine.
Also lined up for scrutiny are the quarentine measures being implemented by the IATF.