The Foundation of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation will donate to the residents of Seattle thousands of kits to do the testing of the coronavirus to the house. The kits will be available at a lab funded by the foundation. The samples will then be sent to the laboratory who in turn will inform the local health authorities in case there is a need for quarantine.
We’re teaming up with @wellcometrust & @Mastercard to find a treatment for #COVID19 and accelerate its R&D. We’re kind of impatient optimists around here. Urgently calling on governments, private companies, and philanthropies alike to act quickly. https://t.co/46sRMDQCWJ
— Mark Suzman (@MSuzman) March 10, 2020
“we Believe – said Scott Dowell , the team’s response to the virus of the Foundation – that it is important for the identification of persons who are positive for the test so that they can be isolated and treated, and also the identification of the people with whom they are in contact so as to be put in quarantine”. At the moment 16 people have died from the virus in the state of Washington.
