News from IT House February 8 Today, Bill Gates released a New Year message through the Gates Foundation WeChat public account. In the New Year message, Gates expressed his hope that life will return to normal at this time next year. Hope that the 2022 holiday will be like 2019 and earlier.
At the same time, Bill Gates also said that he is very pleased to see China's firm commitment to the initiative of "global cooperation to accelerate development, production, and fair access to new tools for the prevention and control of COVID-19 ." This initiative will ensure that everyone in the world, no matter where they live, will have fair access to diagnosis, treatment, and vaccines for COVID-19.
According to the IT House report, on January 27, the Gates Foundation also announced the 2021 Gates Year Letter, signed "Bill and Melinda", "This year, global health will share weal and woe." The letter pointed out that as the new crown is raging, many people are still suffering from it. It is difficult for us to predict when the epidemic will end. And when that moment finally comes, history will remember those outstanding leaders who emerged in the epidemic, because it was they who led us out of this crisis.
The full text is as follows:
Hello everyone! I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year.
I know that the Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, and people usually return to their hometowns for family reunion. But for many people, the situation this year is obviously different from the past.
Hope this time next year, life will return to normal. Hope that the 2022 holiday will be like 2019 and earlier.
In order to achieve this goal, we need to eradicate this disease so that the new crown epidemic can be controlled everywhere.
This requires global cooperation. I am very pleased to see China’s firm commitment to the “Global Cooperation to Accelerate Development, Production, and Fair Access to New Tools for Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia” initiative. This initiative will ensure that everyone in the world, no matter where they live, will have fair access to diagnosis, treatment and vaccines for COVID-19.
Although the epidemic is far from over, we should start thinking about the future. Melinda and I spent a lot of time on this issue. In this year’s letter, we discussed what actions the world needs to take to end this epidemic and prepare for the next pandemic.
The past year was very difficult, but I still remain optimistic. I believe that we will eventually overcome this virus and build a stronger, healthier and more equal world than before.
I wish you a happy New Year of the Ox and good health.