A taxi driver wearing a mask waiting for a fare with a Tokyo 2020 logo on the door of his car in Tokyo. Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Saturday (Feb 22) that the country is mulling using Avigan, an anti-influenza medication to treat patients of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. - AP
TOKYO: Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Saturday (Feb 22) that the country is mulling using Avigan, an anti-influenza medication to treat patients of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.
"We hear from overseas that some (drugs) among those that have been used against influenza may be useful," Kato told reporters in Tokyo.
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