Fauci: Johnson & Johnson vaccine decision by Friday

A decision on whether to resume its administration in the US vaccine against Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 it will probably be taken on Friday as well, said today Dr. Anthony Fauci on the CBS show, “Face the Nation” adding that he will not be surprised if there is “a form of continuity”.

“I do not know if there have been other cases. We will know by Friday and I will be very surprised if there is no continuation in some form until Friday. An almost certain decision will be made by Friday “.

U.S. health officials last week proposed suspending the J&J vaccine following incidents of blood clots rarely occurring in six of the nearly seven million people in the United States who have been vaccinated with the drug.

The committee of the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on April 23 to discuss the next steps in this vaccine.

Fauci said he did not know what the final decision would be, but stressed that there were some chances.

“One of the possibilities is to reinstate them, but with some form of restriction or some form of warning. But I think by Friday we will know the answer to that. “

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