J&J vaccine pause lifted by US health regulators
By DW
27 April 2021 |
11:20 am
The director of the CDC says use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine can resume immediately. The vaccine's rollout had been paused after 15 cases of unusual blood clotting.
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