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Oct 2020

10m 12s

Remdesivir and Covid-19 deaths, Johnson ...

Financial Times

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The World Health Organization has found the Covid-19 treatment remdesivir does little to prevent deaths and Boris Johnson could push Brexit talks into crisis on Friday. Plus, the FT’s Washington bureau chief Demetri Sevastopulo explains why suburban women might be the key to victory when it comes to the US presidential election.

Remdesivir has little effect on Covid-19 mortality, WHO study says

https://www.ft.com/content/ee9b611f-2b4b-4572-afe1-b0b804d17a94

Summit ‘atmospherics not good’ as Brussels seen as dragging its feet on trade deal

https://www.ft.com/content/252d3ea4-0ddf-498b-b993-59c13b0de004

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