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Daily Debunk
Claim: The first clinical trial on remdesivir in treating COVID-19 proved a failure.
Verdict: False
Read the full story: "Pro-Kremlin Site Declares Antiviral Drug a Failure, Links to Bogus Lab Conspiracy." Polygraph.info
Social Media Disinfo
Circulating on social media: Claim that a dog coronavirus vaccine could work for COVID-19.
Verdict: False
Read the full story at: Reuters
Factual Reads on Coronavirus
Wuhan shows the world that the end of lockdown is just the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis
Despite the lifting of most strict lockdown laws, many stores are still shut, restaurants are restricted to takeaway and even when citizens go outside they still wear protective equipment and try to avoid each other.
-- CNN, April 30
