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Japan Panel Recognizes 5 More Deaths Possibly Linked to COVID Jabs, 1st for 20s
A Japanese health ministry panel on December 12 determined five more mortality cases as being possibly linked to COVID-19 vaccinations, including a 26-year-old woman. This is the first time that such potential link was recognized for the death of a…
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