Bill Gates has spoken out on China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that Beijing ‘did a lot of things right.’ Speaking to CNN over the weekend, Mr Gates defended China’s response, and criticised ‘incorrect and unfair things’ being said about the country.
He said: “China did a lot of things right at the beginning, like any country where a virus first shows up. They can look back and say where they missed some things.” Mr Gates added that the US response to the outbreak was handled poorly.
He added: “You know, some countries did respond very quickly and get their testing in place, and they avoided the incredible economic pain. “It’s sad that even the US that you would have expected to do this well did it particularly
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