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Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to Resume in Los Angeles County

After a thorough safety review by the Food and Drug Administration or FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, they determined that the pause in the use of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine can be lifted and that use of the vaccine should resume. Vaccine providers in LA County with doses of the Janssen vaccine can resume administration of the vaccine tomorrow, provided they distribute the updated Janssen fact sheets to any recipients of the vaccine.  Public Health will be posting updated safety information about the Janssen vaccine shortly. 

The decision comes after CDC’s independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices reviewed data related to the recent reports of a rare and severe type of blood clot that occurred in individuals after receiving the vaccine.  Based on their review of all available data, both the CDC and the FDA determined that the vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19.  

The three vaccines that are available through the FDA’s  Emergency Use Authorization remain the most powerful tools to reduce transmission, prevent serious illness and death, and eventually ending the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed the lives of almost 24,000 people in LA County. 

Details: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com  (Spanish).

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