Japan to get more SARS virus strains to develop vaccine

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Tuesday, July 1, 2003 at 16:06 JST
TOKYO — Japan is expected to receive corona virus strains from several more SARS-hit areas in Asia in an effort to develop a vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), health minister Chikara Sakaguchi said Tuesday.

The areas including Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam, gave positive responses to Japan's request in bilateral talks held on the sidelines of a meeting of health ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bangkok late last month, Sakaguchi told a press conference. (Kyodo News)

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