Bill Gates Lauds PM Modi’s Leadership

Billionaire philanthropist and founder of Microsoft Bill Gates, has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi commending his leadership and measures taken by the government to control the spread of the coronavirus.

He appreciated the measures taken by Modi’s government to flatten the curve and help the world fight against COVID-19. Gates lauded his precautionary measures like adopting Nationwide lockdown, giving priority to self-quarantine and increasing health expenditures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in India.

“We commend your leadership and the proactive measures you and your government have taken to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 infection rate in India,” Gates writes in a letter.

He also added that it is commendable to see how effective use of digital knowledge could be made to launch Aarogya Setu digital app for coronavirus tracking, contact tracing, and to connect people to health services.

Gates, on behalf of his foundation, called on world leaders to unite in a global response to COVID-19, that has infected over two million people worldwide, to ensure equitable access to diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines.