Bill Gates warns that the world is entering 'uncharted territory' due to a lack of preparedness for a pandemic like COVID-19

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• Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that the world was entering into "uncharted territory" because it was not prepared for a pandemic like COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
• Speaking to BBC Breakfast via video chat on Sunday, Gates said the world should have invested more in mitigating a potential global health crisis.
• "There is the period where the virus shows up in those first few months," he said. "Were the tests prepared? Did countries think through getting their ICU and ventilator capacity up?"
• He added that once the crisis is over, "very few countries are going to get an A-grade" for their handling of the outbreak. 
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that the world was entering into "uncharted territory" because it was not prepared for a pandemic like COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Gates, who has been warning about the risk of a pandemic disease for years and who has poured millions into fighting the new coronavirus outbreak, told BBC Breakfast on Sunday that the world should have invested more into mitigating a potential global health crisis. 

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