Bill Gates lists things that must be done for life to “get back to normal” as nations ease lockdown restrictions amid Coronavirus pandemic

The second richest man in the world, Bill Gates, has revealed what
governments across the world must do if life is to go back to normal, as
countries relax lockdown restrictions enforced due to the Coronavirus
pandemic.

Gates who is now a leading voice on how to fight Coronavirus and has
granted numerous interviews on how to fight it since it started, has
recommended four things for life to “get back to normal”

The Microsoft founder released the list ahead of his Thursday night’s
CNN Town Hall interview with White House Infectious disease expert Dr
Fauci .

The list reads;

1..Testing: Gates suggests various strategies to advance current
testing methods including at-home test kits and consistent standards
about who can get tested.

2.Contact Tracing: Gates suggests following Germany’s model.
Interview everyone who tests positive and use a database to make sure
someone follows up with all their contacts. However, this relies on the
infected person reporting their contacts accurately and requires a lot
of staff to follow up with everyone in person. Gates suggest technology
may be more adept at this, such as apps that help you remember where
you’ve been or using cell phones.

3. Effective Treatment: Right now, there is no treatment for
Covid-19. On Wednesday, Fauci expressed optimism about an experimental
drug called remdesevir, which is still in the trial phase. Other drugs
like hydroxychloroquine have received a lot of attention but are still
being studied. Treatments such as convalescent plasma – drawing blood
from patients who have recovered from Covid-19, making sure it is free
of the coronavirus and other infections, and giving the plasma and the
antibodies it contains to sick people – look promising. But there is no
magic drug experts can fully support yet.

4.A Vaccine: Many countries and companies around the world are
working at break-neck speed to develop a vaccine faster — and there are
promising signs. Gates is particularly excited about pursuing a new
approach called an “RNA vaccine.”

He said: “Unlike a flu shot, which contains fragments of the
influenza virus so your immune system can learn to attack them, an RNA
vaccine gives your body the genetic code needed to produce viral
fragments on its own,” So, once your body senses traces of the
infection, it attacks it.

As at Thursday, the COVID-19 death toll in the US stands at over 63,000.