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Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has written a book about how to prevent the next pandemic, the billionaire philanthropist announced in a blog post Tuesday, writing that he believes that coronavirus can be the last pandemic, Forbes reported.

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic will be released May 3 by publishing houses Knopf in the U.S. and Penguin Random House internationally, Gates wrote.

In the book, Gates—whose foundation has helped fund coronavirus vaccine research, along with work on a host of health issues—said he outlines steps to prevent future pandemics and provide better healthcare to people around the world using lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic.

The book also shares stories from his conversations with top health leaders, like Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease official in the U.S., and World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Gates also said the book deals with his experience becoming the subject of conspiracy theories, like the baseless claim that he encourages mass vaccination in order to inject people with trackable microchips.

“The goal of no more pandemics ever is ambitious, but the progress we’ve made over the last two years . . . has already set us on a path to success.” Gates wrote in the blog post. “The world now understands how seriously we should take pandemics, and momentum is on our side.”