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Some three weeks after the launch of its COVID-19 inoculation program, Japan is ramping up the second-dose administration of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty to healthcare professionals. On March 11, the Tokyo Medical Center, an affiliate of the National Hospital Organization,…
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