The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for a pause Tuesday in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine “out of an abundance of caution†due to an “extremely rare†incidence of blood clots.
Today FDA and @CDCgov issued a statement regarding the Johnson & Johnson #COVID19 vaccine. We are recommending a pause in the use of this vaccine out of an abundance of caution.
— U.S. FDA (@US_FDA) April 13, 2021
Six recipients in the U.S. developed a rare disorder involving blood clots about two weeks after vaccination, The New York Times reported. More than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine have been administered in the U.S.
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