Table 2. Distribution of alerts according the timeliness of the first response in eDEWS during the first wave of the cholera outbreak 2016 week 39 to 2017 week 15.

Timeliness	Frequency	%
Response within 24 hours (1 day)	323	31.2
Response within 48 hours (2 days)	229	22.1
Response within 72 hours (3 days)	97	9.4
Response within a week	208	20.1
Response within a month	58	5.6
No data provided for the response	119	11.4
Total	1034	100