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Bill Gates was formerly the world's richest person and his fortune is estimated at well over USD 100 billion.

In an interview on the invite-only audio chat app Clubhouse, Gates said that he often plays around with iPhones, "but the one I carry around happens to be Android".

Snowfalls, sub-zero temperatures and biting wind continue to test the United States' southwest and Texas, in particular, for a few weeks now.

The Microsoft co-founder has been a top target of conspiracy theories related to the Covid-19, falsely linking him to the origin of the pandemic in one way or another.

Gates said that access to the vaccine should be based on medical need, not wealth at all.

Gates is a world leader in Information Technology and Microsoft is a household name across the globe

Additionally, the funding would be used to enable countries to employ cutting-edge technology and delivery systems to plan and implement the rollout of vaccines.

A jury chaired by N R Narayana Murthy chose Gates for this award for his distinguished service of high order in the field of technology and entrepreneurship

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday put the Tesla chief executive with a $127.9 billion fortune above Gates at $127.7 billion for the first time.

"Very likely by the summer, a lot of things will be back to normal... If vaccine approvals come along quickly," Gates said in a television interview on Thursday night.