Vermont delaying J&J vaccines through April 23 over clot worries
The newly available Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine sits in a refrigerator at South Shore University Hospital on March 03, 2021, in Bay Shore, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/TNS)
Modified: 4/15/2021 8:12:58 PM
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MONTPELIER — The Vermont Health Department is extending for another week a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
State officials say the pause through April 23 is in line with the advice of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Scientists say they need more time to study the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six cases of a rare blood clot were reported in the U.S. among the more than 7.2 million people who had received that vaccine.