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CVS, Walgreens to resume administrating Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Updated: 5:27 AM EDT Apr 26, 2021

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RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE. DOUG: AND THIS WEEK THAT EFFORT WILL GET ANOTHER BOOST, AS THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE GETS BACK IN CIRCULATION. THE EYEOPENERS JENNIFER EAGAN IS LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT CHANGE. JEN? JENNIFER: BOTH WALGREENS AND CVS TELLING US THOSE SHOTS WILL RESUME THIS WEEK. THE GLOBE REPORTS MASSACHUSETTS IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ABOUT 4,000 DOSES OF J&J SHOTS THIS WEEK. THE STATE RE-AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE VACCINE FRIDAY NIGHT, NOT LONG AFTER THE PAUSE WAS LIFTED BY THE CDC. FEDERAL HEALTH LEADERS HOPING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE CONFIDENCE IN THE VACCINES. >> THE CDC AND THE FDA ARE THE GOLD STANDARD IN SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE. PEOPLE SHOULD REALIZE THAT WE TAKE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY. JENNIFER: HEALTH REGULATORS HAD RECOMMENDED THE PAUSE, AS THEY INVESTIGATED RARE BUT SERIOUS CASES OF BLOOD CLOTS IN WOMEN WHO HAD GOTTEN THE J&J SHOT. THAT WAS LIFTED ON FRIDAY, AFTER A WARNING WAS ADDED TO HELP WOMEN DECIDE IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE THAT SHOT. MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF MORE THAN 30 STATES NOW RESUMING USE OF THE J&J VACCINE

CVS, Walgreens to resume administrating Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

Updated: 5:27 AM EDT Apr 26, 2021

CVS and Walgreens will resume administering Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine this week.

CVS and Walgreens will resume administering Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine this week.

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