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A signboard for the coronavirus disease vaccination campaign is seen at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo, Japan on June 25, 2021. Around 1.6 million doses of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine has been withdrawn from use in Japan due to contamination, the Nikkei said, citing a health ministry announcement.
“No safety, or efficacy issues have been identified related to cases of particulate matter seen in drug product vials of Covid-19 vaccine in Japan,” the company said.Mexico's coronavirus death toll rises to 255,452 "Scapegoating China cannot whitewash the US," Fu Cong, director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arms control department, told a briefing.
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