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TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Shots from Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine lot that has been halted due to a report of contamination were used at mass inoculation sites in the western prefecture of Osaka over two weeks this month, Japan's defence ministry said on Thursday.
The shots were administered between Aug. 6-20, the ministry said in a statement. It did not say how many people were affected. The ministry's mass vaccination sites in Tokyo did not receive the lot in question, it said.
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withheld supply of about 1.63 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan after a report of vials with particulate matter, which it suspects involves a production line in Spain. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Christopher Cushing)