1- An epidemic of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now affecting mainland China, along with isolated cases in 30 other countries. In China and around the world, public health authorities are trying to contain the spread of the outbreak. The government of China has introduced travel restrictions, quarantines, and outdoor restrictions affecting over 170 million people. The outbreak has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO), based on the possible effects the virus could have if it spreads to countries with weaker healthcare systems.

2- Several years ago, Billionaire Bill Gates Predicted Coronavirus-Like Outbreak. He warned that it takes years to find a cure for a new form of virus outbreak. He gave a warning that the world wasn’t prepared for pandemics, which should “concern us all.” Speaking on April 27, 2018, Gates said he believed “the world needs to prepare for pandemics in the same serious way it prepares for war.”

3- Watch the 2015 Ted Talk by Bill Gates “The next outbreak? We’re not ready”. Do a small research, and discuss the following questions in this forum, Gates said “history has taught us there will be another deadly global pandemic” but why we are still so ill-prepared for a pandemic like coronavirus? How do we prepare for a possible pandemic in the future? 4- Please, please this assignment is part of my grade , and I would like we guys take care of it very well please, please.