US billionaire Bill Gates has said that the world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines.
Microsoft co-founder Gates said in an interview for a Polish newspaper that “by the end of 2022 we should be basically completely back to normal.”
“This is an incredible tragedy,” he said and added that the only good news was the access to vaccines.
Gates, who stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corp in 2014, has through his philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed at least $1.75 billion to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes support for some makers of vaccines, diagnostics and potential treatments.
The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), aims to secure two billion vaccine doses for lower-income countries by the end of 2021.
