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US Calls For Pause On J&J COVID Vaccine Due To Deadly Blood Clots
April 13th 2021, 11:34 am
The FDA left open the possibility that new cases of blood clots could be brought to its attention.
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Update (1010ET): The health officials who spoke on today’s call started by reiterating details about the decision to halt the J&J shared with the press earlier. Officials said they would update doctors with new vaccine “fact sheets” designated certain medications that could be associated with higher risks of blood clots.
After they said they were only seeing symptoms in patients who received the JNJ vaccine, the first question from the press (asked by an FT reporter) was: what about AstraZeneca? In Europe, governments have been imposing age limits on who can receive the AstraZeneca jab for similar reasons.
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Johnson & Johnson Delays Rollout Of COVID-19 Vaccine In Europe
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Johnson & Johnson is delaying the rollout of its single-dose vaccine in Europe because of concerns over very rare blood clots.
It comes just days before it was due to start being rolled out across the EU.
Earlier today the regulator in the US recommended a “pause” in the vaccine s deployment there.
The decision was in response to six cases of blood clotting identified among the nearly seven million people who d received it.
Officials said such cases appeared to be extremely rare, but they were recommending the pause out of an abundance of caution while they investigate the cases.