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The Latest: Japan governor touts gargling product for virus

| August 4, 2020 8:27 PM

TOKYO — A governor in Japan is drawing skeptical criticism after he touted a gargling product as effective against the coronavirus, an assertion that, despite its dubiousness, emptied some store shelves of the medicine.

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