Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Friday that the county is set to resume administering Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines after an 11-day pause due to a connection between the vaccine and blood clots.
The pause in the use of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine is being lifted and the vaccine is expected to resume Saturday after thorough review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to the LADPH.
Doses of the Janssen vaccine can resume on Saturday, provided that vaccine providers distribute the updated Janssen fact sheets to all recipients of the vaccine, according to LADPH officials.
Based on a review of all available data, the CDC and the FDA determined that the vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19.
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The decision comes after the CDC’s review related to recent reports of a rare and severe type of blood clot that occurred in six individuals after receiving the vaccine, the LADPH said.
The reports address the development of unusual blood clots in six women between the ages of 18 and 48 about six to 13 days after receiving the vaccine, according to the LADPH.
The blood clot reactions are extremely rare, as nearly 7,000,000 people have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the United States to date, according to a previous statement by the LADPH on April 13.
“The three vaccines that are currently available through the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) remain the most powerful tools we have in reducing transmission, preventing serious illness and death, and eventually ending the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of almost 24,000 people in L.A. County,” reads a statement from the LADPH.
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