Some US states resume use of J&J COVID-19 jab
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WITH a green light from federal health officials, many states in the US resumed use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday. Among the venues where it was being deployed: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Among the other states ordering or recommending a resumption, along with Indiana, were Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Those moves came swiftly after United States health officials said on Friday evening that they were lifting an 11-day pause on vaccinations using the J&J vaccine. During the pause, scientific advisers decided the vaccine’s benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.
“The state of New York will resume administration of this vaccine at all of our state-run sites effective immediately,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement on Saturday morning.
“The vaccine is the weapon that will win the war against COVID-19 and allow everyone to resume normalcy, and we have three proven vaccines at our disposal,” Cuomo said, urging New York residents to take whichever one is available to them first.
The Indiana Department of Health announced resumption of a free COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic on Saturday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, offering the J&J vaccine to anyone 18 or older. The clinic will be operating at least through April 30, when there will be a family vaccination day at which 16- and 17-year-olds also can be vaccinated.
“I can’t think of a better way to welcome the month of May in Indiana than getting your vaccine this week at the Yard of Bricks,” said Dr Chris Weaver, chief clinical officer for Indiana University Health, which is partnering with the state in running the speedway clinic.
By early afternoon, 1,415 doses had been administered at the speedway, the Indiana Health Department said.
Virginia health officials also told providers to immediately resume their use of the J&J vaccine. Missouri officials made a similar announcement.
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