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Japan Approves Pfizer’s Omicron XBB.1.5 Vaccine, Moderna’s Still under Review
The Japanese government on September 1 granted special approval for Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccines adapted to the XBB.1.5 subvariant of Omicron. The new jabs are set for a rollout on September 20, targeting all generations. The government has already…
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