REMINDER: 22 Feb VPC on COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Strategy and Implementation Virtual Global Health Symposium

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No images? Click here Monday, 22 February MEDIA ADVISORY (reminder) Date and Time:  Monday, 22 February 2021 at 16.00 CET (Geneva time) / 10.00 East Coast US time Subject: The virtual press conference will include special guests joining to discuss COVID-19 vaccine research, development and rollout, in conjunction with the COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Strategy and Implementation Virtual Global Health Symposium, running from 22-26 February. Special guests: Professor Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University Dr Tony Fauci, Director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr Nancy Messonier, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention More information on the symposium can be found at https://www.pgh.cuimc.columbia.edu/symposium-vaccines-and-global-health-covid-19-vaccine-development-strategy-and-implementation Join the WHO press conference: https://who-e.zoom.us/j/91652045468 Password: VPCwhoCUMC Webinar ID: 916 5204 5468 Numeric passcode for phone: 4769547221 International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/awGA4txwl 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. Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team     World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland    Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  Unsubscribe