ORLANDO, Fla. – A batch of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine doses recently failed a quality standards test and cannot be used, but the full impact of this failure remains unclear.
The news came out Wednesday, the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website showed Florida was set to see a big increase in its allocation of the single-dose vaccine, 313,200 doses next week compared to the 122,900 doses received this week.
During a news conference Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida health officials have not been notified that the impending shipment of the single-dose vaccines will face delays due to the mishap, Gov.