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After six people were found to have blood clot-related side effects, federal health officials have recommended a pause on Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines.
Oklahoma health officials are following suit.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday morning that six people developed a very rare, but very serious, side effect after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The complication is rare six cases in almost seven million recipients.
Officials said during a Tuesday media briefing that they are exercising an abundance of caution. The numbers are quite small. Small enough that it’s hard to generalize, but large enough that we wanted to take action with the pause, said Dr. Anne Schucat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Updated April 20 at 11:43 a.m.
75 new infections of the coronavirus were confirmed in Oklahoma on Tuesday, for a total of 445,725 since March 2020.
Oklahoma is reporting an average of 263 infections per day in the past week.
Oklahoma s Provisional Death Count, which reflects COVID-19 deaths based on death certificates, now stands at 8,144.
186 New Coronavirus Infections In Oklahoma
Updated April 19 at 4:20 p.m.
186 new infections of the coronavirus were confirmed in Oklahoma on Monday, for a total of 445,650 since March 2020.
Oklahoma is reporting an average of 268 infections per day in the past week.
Oklahoma s Provisional Death Count, which reflects COVID-19 deaths based on death certificates, now stands at 8,145. That s an increase of 21 from the day before.
Johnson & Johnson
After six people were found to have blood clot-related side effects, federal health officials have recommended a pause on Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines.
Oklahoma health officials are following suit.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday morning that six people developed a very rare, but very serious, side effect after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The complication is rare six cases in almost seven million recipients.
Officials said during a Tuesday media briefing that they are exercising an abundance of caution. The numbers are quite small. Small enough that it’s hard to generalize, but large enough that we wanted to take action with the pause, said Dr. Anne Schucat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hear from one doctor who recommends face shields due to these key benefits. They are in addition, explained Persse. If you re wearing a cloth mask, that mostly protects the people around you. It does protect you some, but it mostly protects the people around you. [With] a clear plastic shield, your exhaled air goes everywhere, so it doesn t protect anyone around you.
A total of 1,514 new cases were reported on Wednesday, bringing the city s total to 107,156.
Persse said the large number of new cases could possibly be related, to some degree, to the Thanksgiving holiday. He said 97% of the new cases reported are from the last 14 days.