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Public Health Agency unprepared for pandemic, ‘underestimated’ COVID-19: federal audit

Canada’s Auditor General Karen Hogan says PHAC’s risk-assessment tool was not ready for pandemic, and its data-surveillance agreements and tools put it in poor stead to properly track the spread.

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Public Health Agency unprepared for pandemic, ‘underestimated’ COVID-19: federal audit

Canada’s Auditor General Karen Hogan says PHAC’s risk-assessment tool was not ready for pandemic, and its data-surveillance agreements and tools put it in poor stead to properly track the spread.

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