State calls for temporary pause of J&J vaccine
State officials today called for the temporary pause of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.
The announcement from Gov. Mike DeWine’s office came in response after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a pause in using the vaccine following extremely rare blood-clotting of six women nationally receiving the vaccine. At least 6.8 million people have received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine in the United States.
The vaccine pause will likely result in a shortage of vaccines nationally.
It’s also forced the Youngstown City Health District to cancel vaccination clinics at Youngstown State University today and at the Covelli Centre Wednesday and April 22, said Erin Bishop, health commissioner.
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Gov. Mike DeWine during the state coronavirus update on Thursday, April 1, 2021.
DAYTON State officials on Thursday reminded Ohioans they’re still at war against the novel coronavirus and the state’s lost some footing in recent weeks.
The state s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases each day was about 1,800 this week, compared to 1,500 last week. Cases, as I noted, are also up in Ohio for the first week in a long time, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, Ohio Department of Health s chief medical officer, said during a Thursday briefing on the state s coronavirus response.
Three highly infectious variants of the novel coronavirus are responsible for most of the hundreds of genetic changes to the virus medical experts have recorded lately, state officials said.
Trumbull County reports 62 new confirmed COVID-19 cases
The county reported no new COVID-19 deaths today. A total of 280 people have died in the county to date, according to the district.
Jan 7, 2021 3:57 PM By: Ellen Wagner
WARREN Trumbull County has reported a total of 10,550 confirmed cases of COVID-19 to date, which includes 62 new cases reported today, according to Trumbull County Combined Health District.
Of those confirmed cases, about 524 are presumed to be active infections. There were 10 new confirmed cases that came out of congregate living facilities. The county has also reported another 617 probable cases to date.
There have been 210 confirmed and probable cases reported to date in Warren, according to today s release.