WHO

Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Secretary of Health, Washington State Department of Health

Scott Lindquist, MD, MPH, State Epidemiologist for Communicable Diseases, Washington State Department of Health

Lacy M. Fehrenbach, MPH, CPH, Chief of Prevention, Safety, & Health, Washington State Department of Health

Michele Roberts, MPH, MCHES, Assistant Secretary for Prevention & Community Health

WHAT

Update on the new COVID-19 vaccine, respiratory virus season, and other public health topics.

WHEN

Friday, September 15, 2023, at 11:15 a.m. PT

Please join the call 5 - 10 minutes early. Before the briefing begins, we will test the system to ensure we can answer your questions without technical issues.

WHERE

HOW

Reporters participating in the Q&A need to register here with their name, email, phone, and news organization and attend via Zoom.

Request to ask a question in advance of the briefing: Send an email to doh-pio@doh.wa.gov with the subject line "Briefing Question" to get in the queue. No need to include your question. We will ONLY call on queued reporters for questions and will not answer raised hands or take questions submitted by chat.

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TVW will Livestream the briefing here.