On 24 June 2020, the European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA), the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and Peter Piot, special advisor to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, published a joint statement on scientific advice to European policy makers concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement was publicly released and presented by Pearl Dykstra, deputy chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, during the 6th annual ESAF meeting held digitally on 24 June.
Read the press release here, and download the full statement below.