A third person has died in Japan after receiving a shot from the since suspended batches of Moderna vaccines, the country’s health ministry said on Monday. It marks the third such case following the discovery of contaminants in several batches of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in the country. The 49-year-old received his second dose on Aug. 11 and died the next day, the health ministry said, noting that his only known health issue was a buckwheat allergy. The first two deaths reported in the country linked to contaminated Moderna doses were two men, aged 30 and 38. They both died two days after receiving a second dose from a tainted batch of vaccines. All three men had fevers after being administered the second dose of the vaccine and died shortly after. The Moderna vaccine, like the Pfizer shot, uses mRNA technology. Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan’s biggest drugmaker, is distributing the Moderna vaccines …