By Michael Wright 

U.S. health authorities recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine after reports of rare blood clotting in recipients of the shot based in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration said in a tweet Tuesday that it and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were reviewing data involving six reported cases of clotting.

The FDA said it was recommending a pause in the use of the J&J vaccine "out of an abundance of caution."

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 13, 2021 07:41 ET (11:41 GMT)

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