News Analysis
Canada and its G7 partners recently signed a pact to address pandemic readiness with a focus on “collaborative surveillance” and “predictable rapid response.”
On May 19 and May 20, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos met with counterparts from G7 nations in Berlin, Germany, to discuss how to “advance a global network approach to enhance pandemic surveillance and response capabilities and capacities.”
The G7 is an informal forum of seven countries, which includes Germany, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
“We want to nurture an enhanced network for pandemic readiness with regional and national nodes on all continents,” said the G7 pact, released on May 20….