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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to resign for health reasons
Tokyo — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will step down from his role leading the country due to declining health, he said Friday. The bombshell announcement will bring a contest for the premiership in the world’s third-largest economy as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, the looming threat from North Korea and an increasingly aggressive…
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Avigan trial for Filipinos to start on Aug. 10
By John Clifford Lintao CLINICAL trials of the Japanese anti-viral flu drug Avigan among Filipino COVID-19 patients will start on Monday, Aug. 10, said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. Vergeire hinted on an all-set-up plan for the trial following the arrival of 199,000 Avigan tablets from Japan for the trials. “We have identified site na…