Our medical intelligence capability is a team that evaluates threats from infectious diseases and other environmental hazards. It is really focused on the health supports, or on the Canadian Armed Forces members as it pertains to their deployment on operations.
We recognized that in very early January the Public Health Agency had communicated to senior leaders the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the heels of that and throughout this, our medical intelligence team has been collaborating very closely with other government departments, the Public Health Agency in particular. We are also collaborating with our allies to scan for developments of this particular threat, and other environmental and infectious disease threats to Canadian Armed Forces members on all operations around the globe.