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Nebraska Health Departments affected by pausing of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
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(KTIV) - Nebraska leaders say they will stop distributing Johnson & Johnson s COVID vaccine, while federal officials investigate the reports of people developing blood clots after receiving that shot.
The J & J vaccine was a small part of the state s plans this week because officials expected to receive only 3,300 doses of it after getting 27,600 doses last week.
The pause will impact every health district in Nebraska, including the North Central District Health Department, in O Neill.
Officials at the department say they have between 300-400 doses of the vaccine that they will now be unable to use.
O NEILL, Neb. (KTIV) - The North Central District Health Department, which includes Antelope, Knox, Pierce and Holt Counties, says that the vaccine supply has been low.
However, the department is happy with how the process is going and have successfully vaccinated most of their health care workers. Now they are getting ready to move to the next phase of vaccinations.
“We are beginning to register and vaccinate our 75 plus population, so that’s good news and we will begin rolling out registration for the 65 plus population in February,” said Carol Doolittle, the public information officer for the North Central District Health Department.
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