COVID-19 has described a lack of detailed knowledge of the system by senior managers.The audit dated Feb. 26, and released on Saturday, was ordered by federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu after reports the Global Public Health Intelligence Network didn’t operate as intended at the onset of the pandemic.The interim report concluded the monitoring system did identify the outbreak of the pneumonia that would become COVID-19 on the night of Dec.
30, 2019, and included this information from Wuhan, China, in a special report to Canadian public health officials the next day.But the report notes that without sending up a formal alert, international partners that rely on Canada’s information were left to rely on other sources.