Bill Gates has warned the world that it faces a global pandemic every 20 years unless more is done to help tackle deadly diseases such as coronavirus.
The billionaire philanthropist, 64, said that the growth of world travel means that the threat from virus pandemics is higher than at any time in history.
The Microsoft founder has long warned of the treat from highly-infectious diseases and has spent millions of his personal fortune helping to prepare developing countries for such a scenario.
Speaking in a video interview with the Financial Times, he said: "This is the biggest event that people will have experienced in their entire lives." "There is a meaningful probability, what lots of global travel, that one of these things will come
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