Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has told Sky News he remains hopeful the world will be "completely back to normal" by the end of 2022, as excess COVID-19 vaccines become available, Sky News reports.
Speaking to the Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme, the Microsoft founder pointed to the high rollout rate of coronavirus jabs in richer countries including the US and UK, helping free up doses to share with other countries.
While he did not expect COVID-19 to be stamped out by next year, he expected the number of cases to be able to be cut to "very small numbers" by the end of 2022.
The 65-year-old also insisted preparing for future pandemics was "a top priority" and expressed concern it would be forgotten about as it was in the wake of the Ebola outbreak.
However, due to the devastating global economic and human cost of the pandemic believed "that this generation will remember this".
