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More countries have signed up for the COVID-19 antiviral pill. Here’s what you need to know
These results are so promising that a review committee recommended stopping the trial now and trying to get an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for it, which is the same thing the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have right now.
What is it?
* Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc. partnered