Preview Of The 2008-09 Northern Hemisphere Influenza Season

Main Category: Flu / Cold / SARS
Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses;  Respiratory / Asthma
Article Date: 02 Oct 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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In the next several weeks the annual influenza season in the northern hemisphere will begin.

In anticipation of this, Dr Keiji Fukuda, Head of WHO's Global Influenza Programme, will brief journalists in a Virtual Press Conference on what can and cannot be said about the upcoming influenza season, including vaccine composition, vaccine distribution and predictions about the possible severity of the influenza season.

Date and time:

Thursday, 2 October 2008 at 15h30 Geneva time (13h30 Greenwich Mean Time)

Dial-in numbers for Journalists:

Switzerland toll free: 0800 001 874
Switzerland toll: +41 22 580 2992
UK toll free: 80 823 89 077
UK toll: +44 203 14 74 752
USA : +1 866 928 6044

If you have any problems connecting to the toll or toll free numbers in your country, please call directly to Switzerland +41 22 580 2992.

On connecting to the conference, you will be asked your name and media outlet.

Please try to call in a few minutes before the conference begins in order to be registered correctly.

House rules (Q&A session):
to enter the queue press 01
to abandon the queue press 02

Link to the audio file:
http://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/audio/press_briefings/

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