Founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates believes that the Omicron-strain of Coronavirus will become the last acute phase of the pandemic and will lead to its end, reports TASS with reference to his interview in the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung.
According to him, a wave of morbidity caused by Omicron-strain coronavirus will be the last acute phase of the pandemic, but he expressed concerns that he would soon forget about this pandemic and switch to other crises.
“That’s why the message now has to sound as follows: we all should be reasonably prepared for other pandemics. Investments in ensuring readiness for a pandemic is small compared to the damage from it,” said businessman.
Gates believes that it is necessary to invest in three main areas: monitoring possible outbreaks of infections, international studies related to the diagnosis and treatment of patients, as well as the development of health systems.
“This pandemic has become a tragedy for everyone. We were lucky, she could be ten times more dangerous,” he summed up.