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Japan Agrees to Buy Extra 10 Million Doses of Pfizer COVID Vaccine
The Japanese government said on September 27 that it has agreed with Pfizer to purchase an additional 10 million doses of the company’s monovalent COVID-19 vaccine adapted to the Omicron XBB.1.5 strain. The additional doses of the mRNA jab, Comirnaty,…
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