Smallpox vaccine to be distributed nationwide

Smallpox vaccine to be distributed nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's health minister, Chikara Sakaguchi, (standing) addresses the first meeting of the ministry's headquarters for issues related to Iraq in Tokyo on March 31. The ministry decided to distribute the smallpox vaccine nationwide as a precaution against possible use of the smallpox virus in terrorism in connection with the U.S.-led war on Iraq.

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