Connecticut providers try to swap out J&J vaccine amid pause
SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
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Vaccine providers across Connecticut were busy rescheduling appointments Tuesday for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, offering instead the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccines after the state Department of Public Health advised taking a pause on administering J&J shots as federal health authorities investigate reports of blood clots.
Officials hope to avoid as many canceled vaccination appointments as possible and continue the state s current pace of getting shots into arms.
“There probably will be some, but we’re hopeful that the number will be very limited,” said Josh Geballe, Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont s chief operating officer, referring to appointment cancellations. Geballe said the administration was working with vaccine providers to “rebalance” their supplies, helping to move around the state s current supply of available doses of Pfizer and Mod
State echoes feds, recommends pause on J&J vaccine
State echoes feds, recommends pause on J&J vaccine
FILE: Griffin Hospital nurse Carrie Cotto administers the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to Reinaldo Vazquez, of Meriden, during a clinic at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center on East Main Street in Meriden, Wed., Apr. 7, 2021. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
April 13, 2021 10:07AM
HARTFORD (AP) â The Connecticut Department of Public Health announced Tuesday it is recommending that COVID-19 vaccine providers take a pause on administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as federal health authorities investigate reports of blood clots.
None of the cases, which occurred in six women and are considered rare, occurred in Connecticut, the agency said in a statement. Roughly 100,000 Connecticut residents have received the J&J vaccine with no reported serious problems, DPH said.