Japan's top health ministry official vows to support fertility treatment
The health ministry and the Cabinet Office will discuss ways to enable people to undergo fertility treatment while working, health minister Norihisa Tamura said on NHK.
Japan denies plan to approve Avigan as COVID-19 treatment in November
In late September, the anti-flu drug's creator said that it would file for regulatory approval as early as October.
Japan's new health minister wants to beef up COVID-19 testing
The government is asking private companies to redouble efforts so that about 200,000 coronavirus tests can be conducted daily, Norihisa Tamura said.
