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Govt Officially OKs Launch of Pandemic Response Agency, Japan CDC
The Japanese government on June 17 officially decided to set up a new agency to orchestrate the country’s pandemic responses under the Cabinet Secretariat in a bid to bolster its command tower functions in the event of emergencies. The decision…
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