According to billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, with the G20 presidency, India has the opportunity to bring focus to efforts like the Aadhaar – based system and digital finance, and the impact of India as an example might be seen around the world.
In regards to the pandemic, he stated that in addition to quicker diagnostics and vaccine production, early-warning systems must be created “on an ongoing basis” to detect new virus.
COVID-19 was a tragedy: Bill Gates
Gates during an interview with Times of India said, “COVID-19 was a tragedy, and countries around the world are still working on bringing the economy back. Some of the health indicators, like the vaccination rates, actually did recover pretty quickly. Parents are getting their kids out and getting these lifesaving vaccines, Your economy, actually, is one of the bright spots in the world.”
India is experiencing less pressure from inflation, he said. Even though it is not entirely immune to it, it is now far less severe in India than it is in many other countries of the world, including Europe and the US.
“You government has ambitious goals. We want to work with the government to get rid of lymphatic filariasis, visceral leishmaniasis, and to really start on getting the TB burden down pretty substantially. The health statistics are more than a glass half-full, but there’s still plenty of work to do,” Gates told TOI.
Presidency of India’s G20
Over Presidency of India’s G20, he said India has a special affiliation with the non-rich countries. “Our foundation is very enthused to support India and get a very strong message out. I think it will be across the board in many areas, the digital public goods will be the story that comes through most dramatically.”
Addressing the pandemic, he said that the vaccination coverage rates achieved in India are among the finest in the world. Gates stated that he is not confident everybody is ready for the upcoming pandemic on a global scale. “We have a lot of tools to invent, we should be able to make diagnostics faster, make vaccines faster, make drugs faster.”
“The world has much to do on practice and surveillance. Sadly, the next pandemic could be far more fatal. this one killed over 20 million, mostly older people. You can have a pandemic that would kill hundreds of millions,” Gates, who is in India to get a sense of the country’s recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, said.
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