PROF. FRANCIS PETERSEN | The challenge for both higher education and government is to allow institutional autonomy without oppressive accountability.
Through data and proper analyses, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases , other scientific bodies and the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 provided evidence-based information to government and the public, from which meaningful decisions could be taken.
Hence the risk-adjusted approach of"opening up" the economy by easing the lockdown measures but constantly monitoring the infection curve.
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