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Fauci expects decision on J&J COVID-19 vaccine as soon as April 23

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Fauci expects decision on J&J COVID-19 vaccine as soon as April 23

PAUSE. Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are seen at Northwell Health's South Shore University Hospital in New York on March 3, 2021.

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Anthony Fauci says he does not know what the final decision will be

A decision on whether to resume use of Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19 vaccine could come as soon as Friday, April 23, Dr Anthony Fauci told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, April 18, adding that he would not be surprised if there is a “resumption in some form.”

“I don’t know if there have been further cases. We will know that by Friday, and I would be very surprised… if we don’t have a resumption in some form by Friday. A decision almost certainly will be made by Friday,” Fauci said.

US health regulators recommended last week that use of the J&J vaccine be paused after reports of 6 cases of rare brain blood clots in women, out of some 7 million people who have received the shot in the United States.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel is set to meet on April 23 to discuss the next steps for the vaccine.

Fauci said he does not know what the final decision will be, but he said there are a few possibilities.

“One of the possibilities would be to bring them back, but to do it with some form of restriction or some form of warning. But I believe by Friday, we’re going to know the answer to that,” he added. – Rappler.com

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