City of Lubbock, United Supermarkets Suspend J&J Vaccine
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The City of Lubbock and United Supermarkets both announced this morning that they would be following guidance from the United States Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration and pausing the rollout of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
The City of Lubbock Health Department announced that citizens who had been scheduled to get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will instead be offered the Moderna vaccine.
Likewise, the COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at the United Supermarkets Arena on April 15 hosted by United Supermarkets will be shifting to the Moderna vaccine.
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Johnson & Johnson Delays Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccine In Europe
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Johnson & Johnson is delaying the rollout of its single-dose vaccine in Europe because of concerns over very rare blood clots.
It comes just days before it was due to start being rolled out across the EU.
Earlier today the regulator in the US recommended a “pause” in the vaccine s deployment there.
The decision was in response to six cases of blood clotting identified among the nearly seven million people who d received it.
Officials said such cases appeared to be extremely rare, but they were recommending the pause out of an abundance of caution while they investigate the cases.
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Health Canada investigating blood clot reports after U.S. pauses J&J vaccine
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Sharis Carr, a nurse at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center in Clarksdale, Miss., holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine that was administered to seniors, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. A second COVID-19 vaccine is being investigated for possible links to blood clots, though the syndrome appears to be extremely rare. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rogelio V. Solis
OTTAWA – Health Canada says it is investigating reports a second vaccine may be linked to extremely rare cases of blood clots.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration issued a joint statement Tuesday recommending a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed blood clots after being vaccinated.