According to Professor Curtis, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – which has so far donated about $250 million worldwide to COVID-19 research, also made contact with his Australian group about a month ago and donated $10 million to them. The group is working on providing vaccines that can boost the immune system of doctors so they can’t get seriously affected by the coronavirus while treating corona-patients.
“We had conversations most days, so it’s felt like a long few weeks, but this is the fastest time that Bill Gates’ foundation has ever agreed to donate to a trial. More importantly, it’s a proof of principle. If we can show this boosts the immune system, this would be something off the shelf that can bridge the gap for other groups before coronavirus-specific vaccines come about.”
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