Bill Gates calls Coronavirus outbreak 'once-in-a-century' pathogen

former chairman and chief executive of Microsoft Corp, Bill Gates said that dely Coronavirus outbreak has started behaving a lot like 'once-in-a-century pathogen'. He furr urged wealthy nations to help low and middle-income countries strengn ir health systems in hopes of slowing spre of COVID-19.

In an article published in New England Journal of Medicine, Gates furr wrote, “By helping countries in Africa and South Asia get rey w, we can save lives and also slow global circulation of this virus”. 

unprecedented outbreak of vel Coronavirus has w infected at least 83,000 people globally and has caused more than 2,800 deaths in China, epicentre of dely disease. virus has also spre to almost 46 countries and World Health Organisation on Friday h reportedly warned that spre of virus is 'getting bigger'. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has also pledged USD 100 million to fight outbreak. 

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According to Gates, Coronavirus poses a serious threat to world as it is far more dely and contagious than many or dely viruses.

Gates wrote, “First, it can kill healthy ults in dition to elderly people with existing health problems”.

He furr ded, “Second, Covid-19 is transmitted quite efficiently. aver infected person spres disease to two or three ors — an exponential rate of increase”. 

In article, Gates also said that national, state and local governments and public health ncies have to take steps to slow virus's spre. He furr said that world needs to invest in disease surveillance and better techlogy to accelerate development of safe and effective vaccines and drugs.

He furr called for better diplomatic efforts to drive international collaboration and data sharing, and increased government spending on drugs and vaccines that would give private companies incentives to take up such efforts. 

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'Shouldn't be too er to declare pandemic'

However, WHO chief Dr Tedros ham Ghebreyesus has also said that officials 'should t be too er to declare a pandemic' in absence of 'clear-minded analysis of facts'. Neverless, UN health ncy has still declared its highest level of alarm which is a public health emergency of international concern. Using word 'pandemic' could give people a signal that Coronavirus can longer be contained, but Ghebreyesus said that it is t true.

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