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The 5:30 A.M. Warrior Call: Wuhan Ends Its Lockdown After 78 Days (4/08/2020) Joe De Sena's morning conference call tracks global coronavirus responses from the U.S. to Wuhan.

By Joe De Sena

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Every morning, Joe De Sena, CEO and founder of Spartan, connects with his worldwide network of leaders and experts to get first-person accounts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. These calls are happening in real time, and Entrepreneur has not independently verified the speakers' reports.

Today's conversation includes developments in Japan, the possibility that newly developed breathing systems could reduce the need for ventilators and the fact that Wuhan has officially ended its 76-day lockdown.

Related: The 5:30 A.M. Warrior Call: COVID-19 Vaccine to Begin Human Trial (4/07/2020)

Joe De Sena

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Founder & CEO, Spartan Race, Inc.

Joseph De Sena has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age eight, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of the word “entrepreneur.” 

A full-time resident of Pittsfield, Vt., he knows what it feels like to succeed outside the office – and that’s the feeling he seeks to bring to the world’s athletes with Spartan Race. He’s competed in any extreme sports adventure he could find, testing his mental and physical endurance against nature.

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