Bill Gates "puts a brake" on his plans for Christmas, saying that due to the rapid increase in cases due to the Omicron mutation, "we are probably in the most difficult phase of the pandemic."
In a Twitter post, Microsoft billionaire and founder Bill Gates even announced that he canceled his Christmas vacation due to the new wave of the pandemic which is just around the corner.
Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic. Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I've canceled most of my holiday plans.
- Bill Gates (@BillGates) December 21, 2021
In more detail, Bill Gates, whose foundation is making great efforts to combat Covid-19, wrote on Twitter: "I know it is disappointing to do Christmas again this year with Covid. But things will not be like that forever. "Someday the pandemic will end and the better we take care of each other, the faster this time will come."
The billionaire even estimated that the current wave of the pandemic will be over by March of the new year, because the new coronavirus mutation is spreading at breakneck speed. "These few months may be difficult, but I still believe that if we take the right steps, the pandemic could end in 2022," Gates told the mint, predicting if Omicron would continue to spread at this rate, soon. , its new mutation Covid-19 will be located "in every country of the world".
"In the meantime, however, we all need to take care of each other, especially the most vulnerable, whether they live on the streets or in another country. "For this, wear masks, avoid large concentrations indoors and, most importantly, get vaccinated," he emphasizes.