As world governments struggle to grapple with the rapidly spreading coronavirus, Gates warned years ago that humanity was ill-prepared for a fast-spreading, life-threatening pathogen. And as the World Health Organisation classes the latest coronavirus outbreak as a global health emergency, the race is on to find a vaccine. When asked about the current pandemic, Gates urged everyone to 'stay calm' and claimed that some recent doomsday projections are 'too negative'. The Asian flu of 1957 killed 2 million people globally, according to the World Health Organization. 'By helping countries in Africa and South Asia get ready now, we can save lives and also slow the global circulation of this virus,' Gates wrote.

Source: Daily Mail March 19, 2020 20:34 UTC