Coronavirus Notebook: Fauci Calls For Restraint In Disclosing Early Data; Bipartisan Lawmakers Want Warp Speed Audit
Executive Summary
Dispatches from a world turned upside down also include the conditional approval of remdesivir in South Korea.
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