Monday, 11 July 2022

MEDIA ADVISORY

Virtual Press Conference on COVID-19 and other global health issues

When: Tuesday, 12 July 2022 at 15.00 CEST

Subject: COVID-19, Monkeypox (MPX), WHO Science Council and other global health issues

Professor Harold Varmus, the Chair of WHO Science Council, a Nobel Laureate and former Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health will attend the briefing to present the Councils first report, one focusing on accelerating access to genomics for global health

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Join via Zoom: https://who-e.zoom.us/j/96280894729
Passcode: VPC12VPC7

Join via phone: 

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

Webinar ID: 962 8089 4729

Numeric Passcode for Phone Access: 729053965

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS

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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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