fenster's family and u.s. officials lost contact with him one month ago. the u.s.te department said government officials were denied requests to see him. brent: berlin and future pandemics. today a new global hub for pandemic intelligence by the world health organization was opened here in the german capital by the director of the w.h.o. and you see them, the german chancellor angela merkel. the hub is meant to help researchers, government and private partners worldwide work together to predict and respond to pandemics and epidemics. >> better data, better analytic and therefore better decisions -- is what the federal minister of health of germany said. in this new global hub of the world health organization when it comes to pandemic and epidemic intelligence. the idea is to -- share information, to help countries not only to detect outbreaks but also to prevent them, also to react swiftly and quickly. this can also be seen as a response to the slow reaction by the international community and the world health organization when it comes during the current covid-19 o