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April 14, 2021Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Missouri pauses J&J COVID-19 vaccine administration

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ 

Missouri announced Tuesday that it is ``pausing'' administration of the 

single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after federal health officials 

began an investigation into potentially dangerous blood clots. Dr. Randall 

Williams, director of the state's Department of Health and Senior Services, said 

in a news release that Missouri was taking the step out of ``an abundance of 

caution.'' The move came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots 

in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination.