COLUMBUS, OH — As Ohio and the nation pauses administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Mike DeWine and health officials outlined Tuesday what the temporary halting means for the Buckeye State. Administration of the J&J vaccine was paused so health officials could investigate extremely rare instance of blood clots developing following receipt of the vaccine. There have only been six known cases of blood clots forming, but more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed throughout the U.S., said Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, chief medical officer for the state health department. Those six cases have occurred in women, between the ages of 18 and 48. The clots take place between six and 13 days after taking the vaccine, Vanderhoff noted. The investigation into the vaccine and the rare blood clot cases should be finished in days or weeks, DeWine said Tuesday. Medical officials from Wexner Medical…
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