Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tests positive for COVID-19

Billionaire Bill Gates, 66, announced from his Twitter account that he has COVID-19.

"I am experiencing mild symptoms," he said.

Gates assured that he is "lucky" to be vaccinated and to have the booster and that he will be isolated until he feels better.

He also said he met with his team from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Teams software, who had met for the first time in two years and was able to "see everyone and thank them for their hard work."

"We will continue to work with our partners and do everything we can to ensure that none of us ever have to face a pandemic again," the Microsoft co-founder wrote on Twitter.

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The businessman has been one of the greatest defenders of COVID-19 prevention and care measures, always emphasizing the need to expand coverage in diagnostic tests.

In a TED Talk in 2015, Gates warned that the world was not prepared for a pandemic.

Bill Gates discusses his new book 'How To Prevent The Next Pandemic' on stage at 92Y on May 3, 2022 in New York.Getty Images

One of the objectives of his foundation this year is to promote access to the antiviral pill against coronavirus in poor countries with a generic version with the pharmaceutical company Merck.