CT Pauses of J&J COVID Vaccine After Rare Complications
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The state of Connecticut is pausing the administration of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine for the time being while the FDA and CDC investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
Connecticut Pauses Use of the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine
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In a joint statement issued on Tuesday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48.
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The list of towns, which also includes towns outside the Naugatuck Valley, includes Waterbury, Bethlehem, New Milford, Wolcott, Brookfield, Derby, Union, Seymour, Watertown, Naugatuck, Torrington, Thomaston and Haddam.
Topping the list is Waterbury. The state says they are seeing 69 positive cases per 100,000 people. Responding to the surge, Waterbury officials say they will be expanding hours at its vaccination clinics and are counting on assistance.
“We anticipate additional mobile units and support from the National Guard in terms of staff,” said Mack Demac, chief of staff for Waterbury Mayor Neil O’Leary.
The state said it is doing contact tracing but at this time it is not clear what is causing the uptick.