PHOTO: Melinda Gates. Source: Business Insider.
Melinda Gates, the wife of American billionaire, Bill Gates has emphasized that while on an interview with American News channel CNN, said that she sees dead bodies littering the streets of Africa if something is not done fast to curb the crises. Adding to what her husband had predicted, Melinda says she fears for most third world countries as they barely have reliable medical facilities.
Its going to be horrible in the developing world,” she warned.
Part of the reasons you are seeing the case numbers still do not look very bad, is because they don’t have access to many tests.
According to her, part of the reasons why she is so confident is because she believes that the figures reported in Africa are not reliable.
Look at what is happening in Ecuador, they are putting bodies out on the streets, you are going to see that in countries in Africa,” Mrs Gates noted.
Melinda Gates, who is also co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, fears things will get worst for Africa once cases peak because of poor health care systems and lack of humanitarian supports. According to her, her worst nightmare was when she “saw what China had to do to isolate enormous part of its population. My first thought was Africa. How in the world are they going to deal with this.”
I have been in townships all over Africa and slums. When we talk in country physical distancing and hand-washing, if you live in slums who can’t physical distance, you have to go out and get your meals. You don’t have clean water to wash your hands,” she added.
