Covid-19 roundup: UK authorizes J&J vaccine; UNICEF buys 220 million doses of Russian vaccine
UK regulators on Friday authorized the J&J Covid-19 vaccine for adults aged 18 years and older, more than two months after the EU signed off on it and more than three months after the FDA’s EUA.
The single-dose shot is the fourth Covid-19 vaccine to be authorized in the UK. The move follows closer scrutiny of it by regulators due to rare but sometimes fatal blood clots and low levels of platelets, but the US and EU agencies, and now the UK’s MHRA, agreed that the benefits of the vaccine still outweigh the risks.
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