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500,000 of Suspended Moderna Vaccine Doses Already Used: Kono
Over 500,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine have already been administered in Japan from potentially contaminated batches of the jab that have been suspended for use following the detection of foreign particles, inoculation minister Taro Kono said on August 27.…
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