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Health Minister Asks Makers to Boost Syringe, Needle Production for Coronavirus Vaccines

July 15, 2020

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Health Minister Katsunobu Kato met leaders of six syringe and needle manufacturers on July 14 to make a direct request to ramp up production so that the government would be able to secure sufficient supplies of these products once coronavirus…

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