As FEMA-backed sites resume Johnson & Johnson vaccine use, Florida reports 4,716 new COVID-19 cases - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

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ORLANDO, Fla. – After the U.S. lifted its pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Florida Division of Emergency Management announced federally supported vaccination sites would resume the use of J&J vaccines starting Sunday morning.

The FDEM said these sites will offer up to 3,000 doses of the single-shot vaccine, but a new consent form will be required in order to administer it. The FEMA-backed vaccination site at the Valencia College west campus was among the other federally supported sites to offer J&J vaccines again.

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Shortly after the pause in J&J vaccine use was recommended, the FEMA site went back to offering first doses of the Pfizer vaccine and continued offering the second dose.

U.S. health officials ultimately decided the benefits of the J&J vaccine outweigh the risks following an 11-day pause on its use. The government uncovered 15 vaccine recipients who developed a highly unusual kind of blood clot out of nearly 8 million people given the J&J shot, according to the Associated Press. All were women, most under age 50. Three died, and seven remain hospitalized.

Osceola County leaders are preparing to meet this week to discuss whether or not it will move forward using the J&J vaccine. Seminole County leaders said the J&J vaccine would be used again for homebound vaccinations, as long as the individual consents to that vaccine.

[READ YESTERDAY’S REPORT: Florida sees 7,341 new COVID-19 cases as US lifts pause on J&J vaccine use]

Find the state-run COVID-19 dashboard below:

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