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.
The panel's report also found that prior to the pandemic, the alert system lacked standard operating procedures. Senior managers also didn't fully understand the rationale and the intended audience for alerts, it added.
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