Szijjarto: Japan to provide coronavirus medicine

Japan will provide a medicine to treat Covid-19 to 30 countries including Hungary, free of charge, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday, after telephone talks with his Japanese counterpart. Szijjarto said in a Facebook post that he had thanked Toshimitsu Motegi for his country including Hungary in the group of recipients, while the Japanese minister congratulated Hungary on its handling the coronavirus epidemic. Szijjarto said that Japan would send 12,200 Avigan pills, sufficient to treat 100 patients. He said Japan was open to future cooperation opportunities with regard to coronavirus research.