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Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said that near normal life could return in rich countries by the end of 2021 if a COVID-19 vaccine is successful, ready soon, and properly distributed widely.
“By the end of next year, things could go back to normal,” Gates, 64, told the Wall Street Journal board of directors.
He added: “We still don’t know if these vaccines will work.
“Now increasing capacity will take time. So distribution within the United States and between the United States and other countries will be a very important point of discussion,” Gates said.
Two COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Phaser / BionTech and AstraZeneca / University of Oxford, top the list of top vaccines in the race for regulatory approval in the West.
The director general of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that a Covid-19 vaccine is likely to be ready by the end of the year.
Gates donated $ 36 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which aims to address extreme poverty and poor health care.
Last month, the foundation signed an agreement with 16 drug companies that Gates said required them to expand manufacturing at unprecedented speed and ensure that approved vaccines are widely distributed as soon as possible.
