Remdesivir and Covid-19 deaths, Johnson set to force no deal, suburbanites in US election
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
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
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:01.8 | Today is Friday, October 16th. |
| 0:04.3 | And this is your FT news briefing. |
| 0:09.1 | Some less than stellar news |
| 0:11.1 | when it comes to the COVID-19 treatment, Remdesevir. |
| 0:14.5 | And Boris Johnson is expected to throw Brexit talks into crisis today by issuing the ultimate |
| 0:19.4 | threat. |
| 0:20.4 | Plus, American suburbanites helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election, |
| 0:25.2 | but how is the incumbent varying four years later? I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. The Gilead Science's drug Remdesiveir seemed like at one point a really solid bet for treating COVID-19, |
| 0:47.0 | but a new trial from the World Health Organization has put the brakes on that idea. |
| 0:51.0 | The WHO's trial tested Remdesivere and three other potential drugs |
| 0:55.7 | on more than 11,000 hospitalized patients. The FT saw a copy of the study and |
| 1:00.6 | the WHO found Remdesivere does little to prevent coronavirus deaths. |
| 1:05.0 | It also didn't really affect how long a patient stayed at the hospital. |
| 1:09.0 | This is the highly anticipated solidarity trial, |
| 1:12.0 | but we should point out that the study hasn't been |
| 1:14.5 | peer reviewed yet. |
| 1:16.4 | It comes as France and the UK implement new coronavirus restrictions. |
| 1:20.4 | Plus case counts are up in Europe and in the US. |
| 1:23.3 | US and European stocks fell on Thursday with signs that the spread of the virus is |
| 1:27.7 | picking up pace. |
| 1:28.7 | Now on top of dealing with the virus the EU and the UK are also juggling Brexit talks |
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