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Council to Discuss Resuming Active Recommendation of HPV Vaccines: Health Minister
Health Minister Norihisa Tamura said on August 31 that he plans to confer with a council about resuming the active recommendation of HPV vaccines once the workloads of municipalities associated with COVID-19 subside. Eight years have passed since the Ministry…
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