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US resumes use of J&J COVID-19 vaccine; CDC says blood clot risks low
We are no longer recommending a pause in the use of this vaccine, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told a news briefing
Reuters | April 24, 2021 | Updated 08:32 IST
The United States can immediately resume use of Johnson & Johnson s Covid-19 vaccine, top health regulators said on Friday, ending a 10-day pause to investigate its link to extremely rare but potentially deadly blood clots.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration said the risks of experiencing the syndrome involving severe blood clots and low platelets as a result of the vaccine was very low. They found 15 cases in the 8 million shots given.
When Can We Stop Wearing Masks? CDC Reviewing Outdoor Guidance
On 4/23/21 at 11:06 AM EDT
Asked whether a person who is outside and not in close proximity to others needs to wear a mask, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told NBC s
Today show Thursday that the CDC will be looking at the outdoor masking question, but bearing in mind that we still have people who are dying of COVID-19.
Also on Thursday, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN s chief medical correspondent, told CNN s
New Day program that if you re vaccinated I d say for the most part, you don t need to wear a mask outdoors.
White House: America will help India with surging coronavirus cases
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India set another global record of daily infections for a second straight day with 3,32,730 cases. Hospitals officials are using social media, pleading with the Indian government to replenish their oxygen supplies.
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Officials say the U.S. is trying to help India deal with its coronavirus surge, which is straining that country s health care system amid a record number of infections. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration s top medical adviser on the pandemic, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with its counterpart agency in India to provide technical support and assistance.
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Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it stands ready to resume rolling out its COVID-19vaccine in Europe as it awaits word from the region’s medicines regulator regarding reports of rare blood clots in women who got the shot.
Use of the company’s one-dose vaccine was temporarily halted by U.S. regulators last week after the rare brain blood clots combined with a low blood platelet count were reported in six women, prompting the company to delay its rollout in Europe.