After six recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S. developed a rare blood clotting disorder, the Lawrence Douglas County Public Health will pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19, according to a press release. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment as well as the CDC and FDA also recommended the pause.
Douglas County Unified Command partners are working to provide smaller clinics with the Pfizer shipments to allow accessibility to the vaccine through a variety of clinic types in order to reach as many individuals in the community as possible.Â
âAll of our clinics at the fairgrounds the next two weeks will administer Pfizer doses, as we have primarily at these events since late January. This will not affect vaccine availability there,â said Director of Informatics Sonia Jordan. âWe have no planned Johnson & Johnson clinics at this time, so we are at a good place for pausing and waiting for additional guidance that CDC, FDA an
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April 8 COVID-19 update from the health department
After county health leaders alerted the public on Tuesday afternoon that there were nearly 2,000 appointments still available for a vaccine clinic on Wednesday, only about 1,000 people signed up to fill the spots.
George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said 2,856 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered on Wednesday, but the health department could have administered 4,100.
No doses were wasted, however. Diepenbrock said the remaining doses were not removed from frozen storage, and will be used as part of next week’s vaccine clinics. He also said that in working on next week’s schedule, the health department is looking at ways to diversify times, in case the typical vaccine clinic hours have barred some people from scheduling appointments. Diepenbrock said the clinic times will be publicized when finalized.
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A flyer provides information for an equity-focused vaccine clinic that will take place on Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St.
The local health department and several community-based organizations will be offering an equity-focused vaccine clinic on Saturday, providing vaccines to people of color, who national data shows are less likely to have received a vaccine.
People 18 and older who identify as black, indigenous or other person of color are encouraged to register for the vaccine at LDCHealth.org/Getmyvaccine using code 739562, according to a flyer announcing the event. The clinic will offer a limited number of doses of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.