Bill Gates reveals when COVID-19 vaccine ‘ll be ready

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Bill Gates reveals when COVID-19 vaccine ‘ll be ready

U.S. billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates, said a vaccine for the rampaging COVID-19 disease may come between 18-24 months.

He said on NBC Today Show on Friday that there is evidence that this timeline may come to pass.

According to the Microsoft co-founder, usually a vaccine takes over five years.

There are steps including first testing in animals, then with humans on small, medium and large scales.

But with the coronavirus pandemic,

Gates who had warned about a possible virus pandemic since 2015, said that while many countries have coordinated testing on a national level during the coronavirus pandemic, the United States has not, and access to tests is “chaotic.”

On Friday, he called the coronavirus crisis “a nightmare,” saying that “the human-to-human respiratory spread is the scariest scenario.”

Asked what he thinks about moves toward reopening by some states such as Georgia, Gates said he is “afraid we’ll have some people and some states that move too quickly and have to back off.”

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been involved in battling some perennial diseases in the world.