Antonia Genath
Veterinarian and public-health specialist (Dr. med. vet., MSc Public Health), PAE/FETP infectious-disease epidemiology fellow at the Robert Koch Institute who deployed to South Sudan supporting WHO Ebola preparedness.
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Sep 16, 2026
Linda AdamíkováGUEST
And then our day would finish at around 4.30 to get shuttled back to the WHO accommodation and then either continue working or try to spend the time somehow
Antonia GenathGUEST
I think in general, our main task was to really look at the whole chain, at the whole surveillance chain.
Antonia GenathGUEST
So from detecting a possible case to then being able to report it, to investigate it, to test it.
Antonia GenathGUEST
And then potentially after the first case is confirmed to also identify and follow any of the case's contacts.
Antonia GenathGUEST
And As there were no confirmed cases yet, we were just looking whether those systems were ready, where the gaps were and how they could potentially be improved.
NiklasHOST
Can you tell us a bit more about that?