Day 2

Prior planning saves lives. Failure to plan implies planning for a failure (Margaret Chan, former WHO Director). Just as in controlling an outbreak, there is the importance of test, test, and test (WHO Director General 2020). There is also a mantra of plan, plan, and plan. Review plan and repeat. A fine example of different planning approaches is the comparison of how the South Korean and neighbouring Far Eastern countries have been managing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic compared to the USA and UK. Multi-agency planning, resilience forums and chains of accountability and command are all important skills and systems to have for when any incident arises.