CDC Telebriefing: Updates on Zika response efforts

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release: Thursday, March 10, 2016
Contact: CDC Media Relations
404-639-3286

What

CDC Director Tom Frieden traveled to Puerto Rico March 7-9 to assess firsthand CDC’s support for the Zika response. He will provide an assessment of the situation in Puerto Rico and an update on CDC’s Zika response efforts. NIAID Director Anthony Fauci will provide an update on NIH’s Zika research efforts. 

Who

CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.

Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

When

Thursday, March 10, 2016; 11:30 AM EST

Dial In

Media: 888-946-3811
Non-Media: 800-369-3122
International: 1- 630-395-0174
Passcode: CDC Media

Important Instructions 
Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes before the start of the press conference. If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

Transcript
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES