An Ignoble Experiment: UPDATED MEDIA ADVISORY: COVID-19 virtual press conference, Monday 21 June at 17.00 CEST

2021/06/21

UPDATED MEDIA ADVISORY: COVID-19 virtual press conference, Monday 21 June at 17.00 CEST

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Monday, 21 June 2021

UPDATED MEDIA ADVISORY

When: Monday, 21 June at 17.00 CEST

Subject: COVID-19 updates, with a focus on the establishment of the first mRNA technology transfer hub for COVID-19 vaccines, located in South Africa.

The press conference will include special guests to discuss the initiative:

H.E. Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
H.E. Mr Emmanuel Macron, President of France (pre-recorded statement)
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization

Join via Zoom:

Link: https://who-e.zoom.us/j/96834139010
Passcode: vpcHUBvpc

Join by phone:

Webinar ID: 968 3413 9010

Numeric Passcode for phone access: 070872196

International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/aHbBmP7gw

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS:

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.

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

Media contacts:
mediainquiries@who.int

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