Nakatanggap ng 46 milyong halaga ng laboratory equipment ang Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) mula sa Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Bilang tulong ito sa Pilipinas para makarekober mula sa COVID-19 pandemic.
Kasama rito ang; pharmaceutical refrigerator, automated immunoassay analyzer, at deep freezer.
Present sa turnover si Japan Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko, Jica Philippines chief representative Sakamoto Takema at ang Department of Health (DOH).–-sa panulat niAbby Malanday
