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Japan’s Fall-Winter COVID Vaccinations Likely to Start from October
Japan is expected to launch COVID-19 vaccinations for elderly people under the national immunization program (NIP) from October, with the specific period to be set by each municipal authority, it has been learned. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare…
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