The coordinator of Virginia’s vaccination program on Tuesday said that a woman in the commonwealth had died from the effects of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, one of six who experienced clots that prompted a federal investigation.
Dr. Danny Avula said during a conference call Tuesday afternoon that he didn’t know where in Virginia the woman, who died in mid-March, lived. However, the Virginia Department of Health said in a statement to WTOP that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the woman was the one fatality listed on its database of adverse vaccination effects.
Avula also outlined some of the effects that the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would have on Virginia, the thought processes behind the recommendation and what people who have received the one-shot vaccine should look out for.
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