The facilitated table top exercise using a simulated scenario stimulated discussion on multisectoral coordination, risk communication and community engagement, and triggers for operational decision-making.
Two and a half years after the first reported case of SARS-CoV-2 in Lebanon, as the world prepares for respiratory pathogen X (the next respiratory pathogen of pandemic potential), there remain many lessons to be learned and documented for a multidimensional and multisectoral preparedness and response approach.
The exercise was very well received and highlighted the need and demand for exercises of a similar nature in the near future.
