Friday, 16 April

MEDIA ADVISORY

Date and Time: Monday 19 April 2021 at 1700 CET (Geneva time) and will update if needed.

Subject: COVID-19 updates with a special focus on the linkages between the climate and COVID-19 crises, and the role of youth in the response, ahead of Earth Day (22 April) and the first virtual Global Youth Summit, organized as part of the Global Youth Mobilization, (23-25 April).

The press conference will include special guests:

• Greta Thunberg, climate and environmental activist
• Elahi Rawshan, Bangladesh, volunteer, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, supporting young people in Bangladesh 
• Daisy Moran, USA, Global Youth Mobilization Youth Board member; World YMCA representative 

Join the WHO press conference:

• Link:  https://who-e.zoom.us/j/97576439142
• Password: VPCyouth21

By phone:

• Webinar ID:   975 7643 9142
• Numeric passcode for phone:  4662611775
• International numbers available:  https://who-e.zoom.us/u/aczVepLgsX

NOTES FOR THE VPC

Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowed. When you sign in you will be automatically put in the meeting room.

WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption. The event is also broadcast on WHO social media channels and you can follow it there.

To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions. (It can be found under the tab: participants.) 

Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. Do not ask questions via the chat as we cannot guarantee that we will incorporate them into the q&a session. 

For translation during the VPC, choices are under "interpretation" or "language interpretation" depending on which version of Zoom you use.

Note that due to the volume of questions, we are no longer able to take them from phone callers and interpretation is not available via telephone.

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