File photo shows Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, receiving an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Seattle, the United States, on Nov. 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Qin Lang)
In an interview with French daily Le Figaro, Bill Gates says:
PARIS, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Cooperation, rather than hasty denunciation of China, is needed at this time in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. technology magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates told French daily Le Figaro in an interview published Tuesday.