Oklahoma Health Department asks sites to pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccines Dana Branham, Oklahoman
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has asked all vaccine sites across the state to immediately pause giving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations after two federal agencies recommended doing so, citing extremely rare cases of blood clotting in people who had received the one-shot vaccine.
In a joint statement early Tuesday morning from leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agencies recommended a pause “out of an abundance of caution.”
They pointed to six U.S. cases of a severe type of blood clot in people who had received the vaccine less than one in a million of the more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had been distributed in the U.S. as of Monday.
Oklahoma Health Department asks sites to pause use of Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines Dana Branham, Oklahoman
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has asked all vaccine sites across the state to immediately pause giving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations after two federal agencies recommended doing so, citing extremely rare cases of blood clotting in people who had received the one-shot COVID-19 vaccine.
In a joint statement Tuesday from leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agencies recommended a pause “out of an abundance of caution.”
They pointed to six U.S. cases of a severe type of blood clot in people who had received the vaccine less than one in a million of the more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had been distributed in the U.S. as of Monday.
The Oklahoma City Council has declined to vote on early expiration of the mask ordinance, saying that masks are required through the expiration date, April 30.
Oklahoman
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has asked all vaccine sites across the state to immediately pause giving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations after two federal agencies recommended doing so, citing extremely rare cases of blood clotting in people who had received the one-shot vaccine.
In a joint statement early Tuesday morning from leaders of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the agencies recommended a pause “out of an abundance of caution.”
They pointed to six U.S. cases of a severe type of blood clot in people who had received the vaccine less than one in a million of the more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that had been distributed in the U.S. as of Monday.
By: Erica Rankin
OKLAHOMA CITY -
The Oklahoma City-County Health Department and several other partners hosted a major vaccination POD on Wednesday at the state fairgrounds.
The POD had the ability to accept 10,000 appointments, but heading into the day, there were only 4,800 appointments scheduled.
OCCHD officials said they have seen a lag in people signing up to get the vaccine recently due to numerous reasons like hesitancy.
“I think it is like anything else,” said Dr. Patrick McGough, the executive director of the OCCHD. “When it is novel and new, everyone feels like I have to run out and get it, but now that it is available, I think they are feeling less of an urgency. But time is of the essence.”