NEW YORK – With a green light from federal health officials, several states resumed use of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on Saturday.
Among the venues where it was being deployed: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Among the other states ordering or recommending a resumption, along with Indiana, were New York, Virginia, Missouri, Michigan Arizona and Tennessee.
Those moves came swiftly after U.S. health officials said Friday evening that they were lifting an 11-day pause on vaccinations using the J&J vaccine.
During the pause, scientific advisers decided the vaccine’s benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot. “The state of New York will resume administration of this vaccine at all of our state-run sites effective