Marion County residents who were looking forward to receiving the one-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine will have to wait.
Ohio Northern University's HealthWise Mobile Clinic canceled its clinics in Marion, Hardin, Logan, Union, Crawford and Wyandot counties this week and next due to a pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A clinic was scheduled Tuesday at the Marion County Fairgrounds.
Accoridng to USA Today, The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending the U.S. pause on using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots in individuals who received the vaccine.