Wednesday, 4 May 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY

Global Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19

Virtual Press Conference

When: Thursday, 5 May at 14.00 CEST

Subject: Modelled estimates on the global excess deaths associated with COVID-19

New estimates from the World Health Organization show the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021.  The death toll, or excess mortality, includes deaths associated with COVID-19 directly, due to the disease, or indirectly, due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society.

WHO Speakers:

• Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General, Data, Analytics, and Delivery for Impact
• Dr Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General for Emergencies Response
• Dr Stephen MacFeely, Director, Department of Data and Analytics
• Dr Somnath Chatterji, Senior Advisor, Department of Data and Analytics
• Dr William Msemburi, Technical Officer, Department of Data and Analytics

Join the virtual press conference:

Via Zoom:

• Link: https://who.zoom.us/j/91384704567
• Passcode: WH@exc3mor

By phone:

• Webinar ID: 913 8470 4567
• Passcode for phone access: 7761244771
• International numbers available: https://who.zoom.us/u/aeHRZ2YYGF

Embargoed press release is available upon request: mediainquiries@who.int (embargo lifts at 14.00 CEST/12.00 GMT on 5 May)

The datasets will be released at the launch of the estimates on 5 May and will be available for download here: https://www.who.int/data/sets/global-excess-deaths-associated-with-covid-19-modelled-estimates

Frequently asked questions can be accessed here: Global excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

Notes to journalists

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