Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

Basic agreement on hepatitis B infections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese health minister Ritsuo Hosokawa (R) and Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs in damages suits brought against the state over contractions of hepatitis B, shake hands at the health ministry in Tokyo on June 28, 2011, after the Japanese government and the plaintiffs signed a basic agreement. The government will pay damages to people infected with the hepatitis B virus through reused needles in group vaccinations between 1948 and 1988. (Kyodo)

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