If there’s any chance of global cooperation in the coronavirus fight, Bill and Melinda Gates are pinning their hopes on Europe
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"That's why you see us focusing with Europe," Gates said. "It's the European leaders, quite honestly, who understand that we need global cooperation." She added: "I think they're doing the very best they can do in this situation." Health care workers around the globe need to be first in line to get a vaccine when it's developed, Gates said.
In the interview, Gates did not call out U.S. President Donald Trump directly, but she defended the World Health Organization against recent criticism, which has comeThe couple's foundation is a major funder of the WHO, and Gates said that a time would come to review its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. But she praised the WHO's historic record in helping eradicate infectious diseases and said political leaders right now should focus on overcoming the crisis.
"It's confounding when you see that out there," Melinda Gates said, though she added widespread anxiety was fueling some of the negativity.
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