SALT LAKE CITY — Utah will temporarily suspend its administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after federal regulators recommended pausing the vaccine to investigate a small number of blood clot issues.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that blood clot issues were being investigated in six women who had received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine several days before reporting the clots.
About 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine have been administered in the U.S. so far, according to the CDC, so less than one in a million people have experienced clotting issues with the vaccine.