At the time of writing this article, there are a total of 14,84,811 across the globe and the United States has the majority of them i.e., 4,34,791. The nation also witnessed 14,802 deaths until now. People have been eagerly waiting for a cure or vaccine as all the steps are taken so far are not so productive.
Meanwhile, Microsoft Co-Founder, Bill Gates says that the US needs to have a total shutdown to stop COVID-19 spread. “We’re entering into a tough period that if we do it right, we’ll only have to do it once for six to 10 weeks, but it has to be the whole country,” Gates told
American Administration is shying away from the complete Lockdown citing economic concerns. As of now, the lockdown measures in the country vary from state to state and in some cases, from county to county. The people were only ‘advised’ to avoid nonessential travel and gatherings of more than 10 people.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is sponsoring as many as Seven Vaccine Trials for Coronavirus. One of that is reaching the Clinical Trials stage after registering success in Animal trials. The Foundation is pumping Billions of Dollars into this research to stop the contagious virus.
