The Secretary of the Health Department, Carlos Mellado, announced tonight that the impact of stopping the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be minimal and that they can continue the vaccination process.
According to the designated secretary, all vaccination events planned with Johnson & Johnson were rescheduled. “Fortunately, the impact on our vaccination process is minimal. We will continue to receive more than 100,000 vaccines between Pfizer and Moderna to be administered to our people, ”he said in a post on social networks.
All events scheduled with J&J were rescheduled. Fortunately, the impact on our vaccination process is minimal. We will continue to receive more than 100,000 vaccines between Pfizer and Moderna to be administered to our people. @healthcare pic.twitter.com/1pz6DuIhSV
– Carlos Mellado López (@prsecsalud) April 13, 2021
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will stop administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccine after cases of clotting have been reported.
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With this order, the secretary announced this morning to stop the use of this vaccine in Puerto Rico, one day after the vaccination started for anyone over 16 years old. In the United States and Puerto Rico, people under 18 are only allowed to use the Pfizer vaccine.