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Japan Cabinet OKs Bill to Create Pandemic Response Agency
The Japanese Cabinet on February 7 approved a bill to create an infectious disease crisis management agency, which will serve as the command tower for pandemic responses. The bill will now be sent to the Diet for deliberations in the…
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