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Bill Gates, a Microsoft founder who is supporting the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, said the vaccine would be difficult to launch within this year.

It is expected that it will be released around the beginning of next year, will be supplied to the world next summer, and the Corona 19 virus will disappear only in the next year.



Correspondent Yunsoo Kim reports from Washington.



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Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, predicted the launch of the Corona 19 vaccine as early next year.



He warned that it would be dangerous for the vaccine to be approved before the November presidential election under President Trump's pressure.



[Bill Gates/Founder of Microsoft: It is very dangerous for a politician to help develop a vaccine or to get it developed quickly.] By



next summer, it is expected that a vaccine supply will be available around the world.



Gates predicted that an exponential spread of the virus could be prevented with just 60% vaccination, and the Corona 19 virus would disappear by 2022.



Pfizer was selected as the leader in vaccine development.



Pfizer explained that by the end of October, they will know whether the vaccine under development is effective.



[Bulla/Pfizer CEO: We will know about the effectiveness of the vaccine under development by the end of October.

Of course, this doesn't mean it works.

It means that you can see the effect or not.]



The Gates Foundation is supporting the development of the COVID-19 vaccine by donating hundreds of millions of dollars to the World Vaccine Immunization Development Alliance, a global vaccine supply alliance.



Bill Gates said the coming fall was pessimistic and warned that if not responded properly, mortality rates in the United States and elsewhere will rise to the same level as this spring.