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Orange County Health Care Agency has said they will restart the paused J&J vaccine after the CDC approved a restart of those shots. (Orange County Health Care Agency Photo)
LAGUNA BEACH, CA Johnson & Johnson vaccine appointments will resume again starting Sunday, May 2, Orange County Health Care Agency reports.
The shots, on pause during an investigation of a string of blood clots, will be made available through the Othena platform and the OC COVID-19 Hotline at (714) 834-2000.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration both accepted an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations to lift the pause on the J&J COVID-19 vaccination for all adults.
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–The San Luis Obispo County Public Health department will resume administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine locally, in accordance with guidance from the California Department of Public Health.
“The health and safety of our community is top priority in this vaccination effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic,” said County Public Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein. “This pause was an example of how vaccine safety is monitored on a national level, and the thorough and transparent manner with which adverse events are investigated. We are happy to have confirmation from multiple entities that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is safe to resume administering locally.”
Bay Area Man Treated for Rare Blood Clot After Receiving J&J Vaccine
UCSF officials on Monday said a Bay Area man in his early 30s is recuperating from treatment for a blood clot that formed after he received the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
The man went to the hospital with severe pain in his leg and lower back last week, 13 days after getting his J&J shot, according to UCSF officials. Dr. Andrew Leavitt, a hematologist at the hospital, said he thinks this is the first reported male case in the U.S.
As of Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had reported the condition in 15 people, all women, among the 8 million doses that have been administered nationally. It involves clots that occur together with low levels of blood-clotting platelets. It’s unclear, though, if there’s a connection between the vaccine and the clotting.
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