The Atlantic Viral Surveillance System (codename System 7, originally Project 721) is a covert federal system of the Commonwealth that monitors disease across the country, as a consolidation of public health surveillance with classified intelligence on foreign biological programmes. The system operates under joint authority of the DSRE’s Defence Viral Laboratories, the MSRE and the Commonwealth Disease Authority.
The Commonwealth is a major Atlantic entrepΓ΄t, and has thousands of vessels and aircraft transiting its territories daily. System 7 describes a collection of different scientific and biosecurity surveillance mechanisms that track disease and pathogens. This includes air and wastewater sampling at major ports. Analysis is also forwarded to the Defence Viral Laboratories who maintain their own register and surveillance for their own purposes.