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New Vaccine Czar Hints Booster Program Could Start in December
Noriko Horiuchi, who assumed the post of Japan’s vaccine minister in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet, replacing Taro Kono, indicated on October 5 that the government is anticipating to start its booster-dose program for COVID-19 as early as December. “We…
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