Bill Gates donated $ 150 million for new vaccines and the fight against dangerous viruses, including Covid-19. He warns that the world could be caught in a much more terrible pandemic than the current one.
The current $ 150 million donation is intended to help us “prepare for the next pandemic, and possibly even prevent it,” Gates said.
The money donated to the CEPI vaccine initiative will be invested in the development of new generations of safe and effective drugs against Covid-19, especially against future mutations of the virus, writes DW, quoted by bgonair.bg.
“None of us believe that Omicron will be the last resort and that Kovid-19 will be the last pandemic,” British scientist Jeremy Farrar, director of the Welcome Trust, told a news conference.
Bill Gates, one of the founders of CEPI, even warns that the world could be in the clutches of a far more terrible pandemic than the current one. He recalls that the coronavirus is indeed highly contagious, but mortality is lower than in smallpox and smallpox.
“Our work over the last 20 years has taught us that timely investment in research and development can save lives and prevent the worst-case scenarios,” said the billionaire philanthropist.
He believes that there has never been such an urgent need for new, life-saving drugs.
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