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Morning Update: WHO panel calls for bolstering of pandemic warning systems


The Globe and Mail
Omair Quadri
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A panel put together by the World Health Organization is urging countries around the world to develop and invest in pandemic early warning systems, similar to the one Canada shuttered a year before COVID-19 hit, saying such systems are crucial to support the world against future crises.
The panel’s findings echo concerns about Canada’s handling of its own operation, known as the Global Public Health Intelligence Network, or GPHIN. A Globe and Mail investigation found that Ottawa curtailed its pandemic early warning unit prior to COVID-19, which federal scientists have said hurt the country’s ability to respond to the outbreak. ....

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