MANILA/TOKYO – Clinical trials in the Philippines for the Japanese antiviral drug Avigan (favipiravir) as a potential treatment for the new coronavirus have finally started, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Wednesday.
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MANILA – Japan’s new envoy to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa has arrived in the country on Thursday, the Japan Embassy in Manila said.
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TOKYO – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is urging Filipino residents in Japan to practice COVID-19 safety measures to avoid furthering the spread of the pneumonia-causing virus.
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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Order of Sikatuna, with the Rank of Datu (Grand Cross), Gold Distinction on exiting Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda on Nov. 10.
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MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) appealed to the different airlines not to board foreigners bound for the Philippines who do not have the appropriate visas to enter the country.
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