U.S. Ends Pause on J&J Shots; Perth is Locked down: Virus Update Bloomberg 20 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- U.S. health agencies lifted the pause on Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine on Friday, 10 days after urging providers to hold off on using the shot while they reviewed serious and rare cases of blood clots among several people who received it. Australia’s fourth-biggest city, Perth, entered a three-day lockdown on Saturday to prevent the spread of Covid-19 after a returned overseas traveler who’d completed hotel quarantine tested positive for the virus. Apple Inc. is working up a program to get employees vaccinated. New York City opened all of its vaccination sites to walk-ins and Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state will help get shots to the city’s grocery-store workers and delivery drivers.Global Tracker: Cases pass 145 million; deaths exceed 3 millionVaccine Tracker: More than 993 million shots given worldwideIndia’s urban affluent are getting hit after dodging the first waveThe world is headed for its first billion dosesA scientist stopped by and made a Covid vaccine in my kitchenWhy the coronavirus variants are so worrisome: QuickTake