Public Health Ontario is taking over operation of Ontario's expert group of COVID-19 pandemic advisers.
Group will still be made up of independent, non-partisan and volunteer experts, PHO saysAdalsteinn Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, pictured here, and Public Health Ontario vice-president Dr. Brian Schwartz will be co-chairs of the science table.
The agency announced Thursday it would host the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table on a permanent basis starting on April 4.
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