TRENTON - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday that the indefinite pause on the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine will not have an impact on the state's plan to open eligibility to all adults on Monday. "Now, for sure, these six cases each appear to be extremely rare and serious, as there have been 7M doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine administered nationwide," Murphy said.
New Jersey has administered around 244,000 shots and has not seen similar adverse effects, according to Murphy.The Garden State's longstanding goal of vaccinating 70 percent of all adults by the end of June remains "entirely achievable" despite the pause on Johnson & Johnson's more expeditious coronavirus vaccine.