REMINDER - MEDIA ADVISORY: Press conference on COVID-19, Friday, 7 May at 1700 CEST

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Friday, 7 May 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY

REMINDER: The WHO Department of Communications invites you to a virtual press conference (VPC).

Date: Friday 7 May 2021
Time: 17:00 CEST Geneva time, and we will update if necessary.

Subject: COVID-19 updates, with a focus on the new WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All.

The press conference will include a special guest to discuss the connected economic, social and health impacts of COVID-19 and the new Council’s work to shape financial systems to build healthy societies that are just, inclusive, equitable and sustainable:

· Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Chair of the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

Join the press conference:

https://who-e.zoom.us/j/99931948382

Passcode: covidVPC19

To join by phone::
Webinar ID: 999 3194 8382

Numeric Passcode for phone access: 6364131769

International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/aclOw6Jrbo

NOTE:

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 can 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.

Best Regards,
WHO Media Team

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