US health panel urges restarting Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccinations

Published on April 23, 2021 - Duration: 00:47s

US health panel urges restarting Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccinations

A US health panel says it is time to resume use of Johnson and Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.Out of nearly eight million people vaccinated before the US suspended using J&J’s shot, health officials uncovered 15 cases of a highly unusual kind of blood clot, three of them fatal.

All were women, most younger than 50.


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