CDC Media Advisory: Update on the CDC Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

CDC Media Advisory: Update on the CDC Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Media Advisory

For Immediate Release                                                                                

December 22, 2014                                                                                                      

Contact: CDC Media Relations

404-639-3286 

Update on the CDC Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Back from his second visit to West Africa, CDC director will hold media briefing

          

WHAT:          Media telebriefing will include a public health assessment of the current status of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

WHO:             Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.

Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

WHEN:          Monday, December 22, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT)

                    

DIAL IN:       Media:             888-795-0855

Non Media:     877-917-6902

                        International:   517-308-9489

                        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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