OLYMPIA, Wash. â Gov. Jay Inslee said Saturday that inoculations with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine can begin in Washington state following a review by scientific experts in a western states work group.
The Seattle Times reports that the Western States Scientific Safety Review work group â vaccine experts from Washington, California, Oregon and Nevada â met Friday to review data about the vaccineâs potential risks, after more than a dozen women nationwide developed rare blood clots.
âThe benefits of the J&J vaccine outweigh the risks associated with it,â Inslee said in a statement. The federal Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday called for the 11-day pause on the J&J vaccine to be lifted after federal regulators reviewed data on blood clots and assess risks associated with the vaccine.
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The Latest: India sets another daily record of 346,000 cases
By The Associated Press
SRINAGAR, India For the third day in a row, India set a global daily record with 346,786 coronavirus cases.
That increased India’s total to more than 16 million cases, behind only the United States. The Health Ministry reported another 2,624 deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing India’s confirmed death toll to 189,544.
Hospitals in New Delhi and some of the worst-hit states have reported critical shortages of beds and oxygen supplies on Saturday. Families are waiting for days to cremate their loved ones at overburdened crematoriums, with many turning to makeshift facilities for last rites.