Billionaire Bill Gates says life may not return to normal for 18 months following the coronavirus pandemic. The Microsoft founder said the crisis is "unprecedented" and is proving "very tough" - but a vaccine will bring the ordeal to an end.
He added that governments could fast-track a vaccine faster, but this could be risky, and developers would likely be promised they wouldn't be sued if things go wrong, Daily Star reports.
He described a vaccine as "the most urgent tool that has ever been needed". He told BBC Breakfast: "We want to get back to the life we had before coronavirus. "People are seeing the economic destruction, the psychological stress – this is such an unprecedented, very tough thing to deal with. "The people like myself