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Pfizer to Supply COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for 60 Million People in Japan
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech have agreed to provide Japan with a supply of 120 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine for 60 million people by the end of June next year, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on July 31.…
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