Again, I apologize for the connectivity issues. My written testimony was provided in advance, so people should refer to that.
We make two recommendations.
In terms of the system, we suggest setting up a hospital-based sentinel surveillance system. The reason for doing so is that in outbreak after outbreak, the affected member states have been slow to report their findings. That's not specific to the coronavirus pandemic; it happened around SARS. It happened around Ebola in recent epidemics. It's happened over and over again. We need other sources of information to identify risks as they emerge.
It's also particularly important, because WHO member states are likely to be more reluctant to report, given how many countries have imposed travel restrictions on nations once they have reported. The economic consequences are likely to make them less likely to report.
There is a gap in the health system.
Did you have a question?