Japan to probe links between two deaths and suspended Moderna jabs

Men in their 30s received shots from same line that produced contaminated batch

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Japan halted the use of 1.6 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 last week due to concerns about contamination. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's health minister pledged Sunday to investigate what caused the deaths of two people injected with coronavirus vaccine from a batch later taken out of circulation due to contamination concerns.

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