Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday during his first-ever visit to Pakistan.
Participating filmland of the meeting on Twitter, Senator Faisal Javed Khan said Gates” greatly appreciated way ( regarding polio eradication) in Pakistan, the NCOC’s (National Command and Operation Centre) performance related to coronavirus and enterprise similar as Ehsaas program”.
Before the day, Gates also met Planning and Development Minister and NCOC head Asad Umar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan.
In a statement, the NCOC said the philanthropist also attended the forum’s morning session. During his visit, Gates was informed about the NCOC’s part and methodology, its achievements since the launch of the Covid-19 epidemic, the coronavirus situation in Pakistan as well as the non-pharmaceutical interventions by the forum to control the spread of the complaint.
Gates and his delegation were also told about genome sequencing and coronavirus variants detected in Pakistan, the statement added.
“Gates took keen interest on colorful enterprise by NCOC, particularly smart lockdown and micro-smart lockdown strategy enforcement measures and Pakistan’s vaccine administration governance which enabled NCOC to formulate and apply a comprehensive Covid response.”
During his visit to the NCOC, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation president also participated in his views on the epidemic, especially the vaccination drive.
“Gates appreciated Pakistan’s success against Covid-19 despite resource constraints and introducing excellent enterprise and measures for public health safety,” according to the statement.
For his part, Planning Minister Umar credited”a true public response, executed through an effective communication crusade medium of the NCOC” for the success in dealing with the coronavirus.
He also thanked Gates for his foundation’s support to Pakistan during Covid-19.
Hosted @BillGates at the NCOC this morning. Shared with him the work which has been done for covid response in Pakistan and the role played by @OfficialNcoc. Thanked him for the support provided by the @gatesfoundation. He was appreciative of the covid response effort in Pakistan pic.twitter.com/pasYqnJ2gq
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) February 17, 2022
The notorious philanthropist has held exchanges with Prime Minister Imran in history on colorful issues and their possible results. In October last time, the premier prompted Gates to consider furnishing philanthropic backing to poverty-stricken people in Afghanistan.
The two had also bandied the polio situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan with the premier appreciating the backing handed by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in that regard. In turn, the Microsoft co-founder had praised the high minister for the progress in barring the complaint and pledged his foundation’s uninterrupted support to the country’s polio program.
Previous to that, in April 2021, the two had bandied matters relating to the Covid-19 response, polio eradication, and climate change, and agreed to continue working together on the participated objects.
