Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

Shipment of vaccines against new flu begins in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing vaccines to fight against the new strain of influenza are kept at the Kitasato Institute in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 9, 2009 for shipment. The institute and three other Japanese drug makers started shipping the vaccines the same day.

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