AFP chief asked Chinese envoy help to buy COVID-19 'medicine,' then recalls letter

AFP chief asked Chinese envoy help to buy COVID-19 'medicine,' then recalls letter. Full story:

MILITARY CHIEF. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff General Felimon Santos Jr sent the Chinese ambassador a letter asking help to obtain off-label drugs to treat COVID-19.

In the letter, Santos requested the envoy’s “assistance in the procurement of 5 boxes of Carrimycin tablets which is available only in China.” He was tested again and the results that came out on April 5 were negative, and the AFP issued a statement that Santos had“With clearance from medical doctors, I took Carrimycin tablets given to me by a Chinese friend with a dosage of two tablets for 6 days,” Santos wrote Huang.

“May nagbigay kasi kaibigan. Malaman lang kung available na sa market. Personal letter lang ‘yan pero na-recall ko ‘yan at wala pa pala approval,”“Personal sana ‘yanRappler clarified with Santos whether he would still send the letter to the Chinese ambassador. “Negative“My intention is to know also if it is really being used in China and to assist others,” the military chief added.

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