American builder and philanthropist Bill
Gates wants to work with South Korean
president moon jae-in and developing
treatments and vaccines for Kovan 19 in
a rare phone called Maeda Gates
requested the Microsoft co-founder
lauded South Korea for supplying virus
testing kits to developing countries
while the South Korean leader voiced
anticipation for more collaboration in
providing assistance to vulnerable
countries Arirang news blue house
correspondent Kim Minji reports
president moon jae-in and Microsoft
co-founder Bill Gates have agreed to
step up their cooperation toward
developing vaccines and treatments for
kovin 19 saff Korea's top office I
thought the two talked on the phone for
25 minutes on Friday at the request of
gates is also the co-chair of the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation the world's
largest private charitable organization
and has also been helping the
international community in the fight
against the pandemic president moon and
Bill Gates agreed to expand cooperation
to develop covert 19 vaccines and
treatments while maintaining close
communication as important partners in
responding to the coronal virus I mean
also thank the Gates Foundation for
providing support to the International
vaccine Institute an international body
for vaccine R&D baseness hone it is also
invested in right fund and
non-governmental agency alongside South
Korea's Health Ministry and local
biopharmaceutical firms
to help developing countries mean
expressed hope for continued cooperation
with the Gates Foundation to provide a
helping hand to the countries that are
more vulnerable to infectious diseases
president moon said he believes that at
first to develop treatments are as
important as developing vaccines and
said that South Korea is making efforts
to develop treatments by providing
strong support for various research
institutions and pharmaceutical
companies gates agreed on the importance
of treatments saying that it will help
reduce the number of deaths as well as
ease of burden on medical staff he also
said South Korea's response system has
become a model for the world and praised
the government for supplying virus
testing kits developing countries
community readiness
