Maryland Providers Pause Use of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Amid Federal Investigation into Rare Blood Clots

4/14/21

By Marcus Dieterle, Baltimore Fishbowl

Coronavirus illustration, created at the CDC

A total of 173,534 Marylanders have been vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which the state health department on Tuesday directed providers to pause using while federal officials investigate six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe blood clot in individuals who received that vaccine.

Those six individuals comprise a small percentage of the more than 6.8 million people nationwide who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Nevertheless, the Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday recommended that providers pause their use of the vaccine “out of an abundance of caution” while federal officials investigate the cases.

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