China News Service, San Francisco, December 9th. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of the United States announced on the 9th local time that it will provide an additional $250 million in funding to support global research, development, and fair distribution of all types needed to fight the epidemic. Resources.

　　According to a press release from the Gates Foundation, the funds will be used to continue to promote innovation and help relevant parties develop testing tools, drugs and vaccines that are easier to mass-produce and distribute, and provide people with cheaper and more applicable Anti-epidemic resources.

The funds will also be used to support the delivery of these testing tools, medicines and vaccines to low- and middle-income countries.

Data map: Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　The Seattle Times reported that during the epidemic, the Gates Foundation will ensure that vaccines can be distributed to low-income countries as its top priority.

However, rich countries have "locked in" many of the first batches of vaccines through purchase agreements.

Mark Sussman, chief executive of the Gates Foundation, said that the funding was released at the right time.

He said that ensuring that early vaccines are produced and distributed in a fair manner is actually very complicated.

　　Melinda Gates, Co-Chairman of the Gates Foundation, said: "Everyone should benefit from scientific development in 2020. We believe that the world will be better in 2021. But whether it is specific to everyone’s life It also depends on the actions of leaders of all countries and their determination to make testing tools, medicines and vaccines available to all those in need."

　　Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the Gates Foundation, said: "The strong innovation capabilities of the global scientific community will definitely help us continue to achieve new breakthroughs and ultimately end this epidemic. We have new drugs and the number of vaccine candidates is far Surpassing expectations at the beginning of the year, but only by spreading these innovations to the world can we save more lives."

　　At present, the total funding provided by the Gates Foundation to fight the global new crown pneumonia epidemic has reached 1.75 billion US dollars.

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