Late last month, the government announced it would reorganize a panel of experts that had been providing advice since mid-February on how to respond to the novel coronavirus.
The old panel had no legal authority, and there were concerns among some of its members, as well as the government, about the public blaming it for the way the government had responded to the virus pandemic. The new subcommittee seeks to remedy that.
What is the role of the new group and to whom is it responsible?