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Japan recalls 1.63 million Moderna vaccine doses due to contamination

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Tokyo, Aug 26 (EFE/EPA).- Japan decided Thursday to block 1.63 million Covid-19 vaccines from the Moderna pharmaceutical company produced in Spain, as a preventive measure after "abnormal substances" were found in some vials.The decision was announced Thursday by the Japanese Health Ministry and pharmaceutical company Takeda, in charge of distributing and selling the vaccine in the country, after the anomalies detected in the vaccine containers by health personnel. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).B-ROLL OF THE TRAIN STATIONS AND THE STREETS IN TOKYO, JAPAN.

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