Coronavirus: Gates Foundation commits $100 million to support response
As confirmed cases of coronavirus increases across the world, foundations and multinational companies are ramping up funds to help China and health officials combat the disease.
This is the second time the foundation will be committing funds to the fight against the disease since it was first detected in Wuhan, a province of China. According to the statement, the funding will help strengthen detection, isolation and treatment efforts; protect at-risk populations; and develop vaccines, treatments and diagnostics.
“Our hope is that these resources will help catalyse a rapid and effective international response. This response should be guided by science, not fear, and it should build on the steps that the World Health Organisation has taken to date,” he added. While China still has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths, WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said the disease is not yet a global pandemic
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation said it would immediately commit up to $20 million to accelerate the detection, isolation and treatment of people diagnosed with the virus with the goal of interrupting transmission and containing the disease.
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