Events

Virtual Press Briefing: A Strategy to Manage Long-Term Risks of COVID-19

05 April 2022

The International Monetary Fund, in partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the Global Fund, and Wellcome Trust, is hosting a virtual press briefing for the publication of the “Building Resilience to Long-term COVID-19”download in English ] Working Paper.  

The document calls for a new global strategy to manage the uncertainty and long-term risks brought on by COVID-19.  The four global organizations assert that ending the pandemic everywhere remains an urgent economic, health and moral priority for the world. 

What: Virtual Press Briefing: A Strategy to Manage the Long-Term Risks of COVID-19

When: April 5, 2022, 9:00 AM (DC Time) / 2:00 PM (GMT) 

Who: 

  • Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF 
  • Jeremy Farrar, Director, Wellcome Trust 
  • Richard Hatchett, CEO, CEPI 
  • Peter Sands, Executive Director, the Global Fund 
  • Ruchir Agarwal, Head of Global Health Practice, IMF