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Charlotte Greenfield

Bill Gates visits Pakistan, says polio eradication possible in a few years

FILE PHOTO: A person passes by on a scooter in front of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Microsoft Corp co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates visited Pakistan on Thursday, meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan and saying polio eradication could be possible in coming years in one of the last two countries of the world where the virus is endemic.

"We're not done but we're certainly in by far the best situation we've ever been in," Gates told reporters in Islamabad on the possibility of eliminating polio in Pakistan and globally.

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