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Invitation to WHO Virtual Press Conference − COVID−19 Updates and Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco − 10 July

Release Date: 10 Jul 2020   |   Geneva

MEDIA ADVISORY

Dear Journalists,

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

Subjects:
COVID-19 updates

Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco: WHO and partners to help over 1 billion tobacco users quit and reduce risk of COVID-19

Date and time:
10 July 2020 at 17:00 CEST Geneva time, and we will update the time if necessary.

Speakers: 
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 

HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, President for Union for International Cancer Control and Global Advocate for Tobacco Control 

Thibaut Mongon, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Chairman, Consumer Health for Johnson & Johnson 

Join the press conference:

https://who-e.zoom.us/j/95720931800
Password: 27*02*2005

Phone info:

Webinar ID: 957 2093 1800   
Password: 3584620411
International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/abWbDXpilo

MEDIA CONTACT for Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco: Jaimie Guerra at guerraja@who.int and +41 79 475 55 36

NOTE:

Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet). Kindly note, only questions from media (one per journalist) are allowedWhen 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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