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Bill Gates praises Australia’s pandemic response, says vaccine could have rich countries ‘back to normal’ by late 2021 – Sydney Morning Herald
Billionaire singled out Australia and South Korea as countries that has handled the health and economic challenges of the pandemic well.
Rich countries could be back to close to normal by late 2021 if a COVID-19 vaccine works, is ready soon and distributed properly at scale, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said on Tuesday (UK time).
“By late next year you can have things going back pretty close to normal – that’s the best case,” Gates, 64, told The Wall Street Journal CEO Council.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed to scaling up vaccine manufacturing at an unprecedented speed to make sure they reach broad distribu…
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