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Japan provides Bulgaria with anti-coronavirus drug for free

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Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has thanked her Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and the Japanese government for the decision to provide Bulgaria with the anti-flu drug Avigan, also known as Favipiravir for free. It will be used in the treatment of coronavirus-infected patients. Minister Zaharieva wished the Japanese people, to whom Bulgaria has warm and friendly feelings, to overcome the crisis soon.




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