COVID-19 Variants

Health care professionals and policy experts discussed the new COVID-19 variants in a virtual conversation hosted by the Center for Strategi… read more

Health care professionals and policy experts discussed the new COVID-19 variants in a virtual conversation hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky spoke about the Biden administration’s approach to the pandemic and how it was monitoring and communicating about the new variants. Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 technical lead for the World Health Organization (WHO), talked about the global impact of the coronavirus and how WHO was working to foster information sharing among countries and communicate about the emergence of new variants of COVID-19. close

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  • Oliver Morgan M.D. Director World Health Organization->Department of Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment
  • Steve Morrison Senior Vice President and Director Center for Strategic and International Studies->Global Health Policy Center
  • Loyce Pace President and Executive Director Global Health Council
  • Maria Van Kerkhove M.D. Technical Lead World Health Organization->COVID-19
  • Rochelle Walensky M.D. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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COVID-19 Variants

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Program ID:
508464-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Forum
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Feb 01, 2021 | 2:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Feb 02, 2021 | 1:05am EST | C-SPAN 1

Airing Details

  • Feb 01, 2021 | 2:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2
  • Feb 01, 2021 | 2:08pm EST | C-SPAN RADIO
  • Feb 01, 2021 | 7:42pm EST | C-SPAN RADIO
  • Feb 01, 2021 | 9:38pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Feb 02, 2021 | 1:05am EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Feb 02, 2021 | 2:47am EST | C-SPAN RADIO