Sweden halts J&J vaccine rollout until EU regulator reviews US reports of ‘very rare’ blood clot cases

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Sweden won’t start vaccinating people with Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 shot until the European Medicines Agency (EMA) reviews reports of rare blood clots possibly caused by it in the US, the Swedish Health Agency said.

On Tuesday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that states pause their use of the J&J vaccine after six of its recipients developed a “rare and severe type of blood clot.” Over 6.8 million doses have been administered.

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