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Japan detects more Moderna vaccine contamination

Tokyo, Aug 29 :Japan’s Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was spotted, the local government said. It comes a day after the Japanese health ministry said it was investigating the death of two men who received shots from tainted Moderna batches — though the cause of their death is unknown. The Okinawa prefecture, in southern Japan, said Sunday’s vaccination programme was partially postponed. “We are suspending the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines as foreign substances were spotted in some of them,” itRead More