The state-run regional vaccination clinic at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center is on a temporary hiatus until at least April 20 as Pennsylvania follows federal guidance to pause administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
“As soon as the federal guidance was issued we likewise followed suit and paused that clinic at this time until we await further guidance from the federal government,” Acting Secretary of Health Allison Beam said during a news conference on Tuesday.
The clinic, operated by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and Department of Health, opened on Friday and planned to vaccinate up to 600 people a day, five days a week, using the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.