J&J resumes European COVID-19 vaccine rollout with regulator-mandated safety warning

Italy started delivering batches of the Janssen vaccine to its regions as soon as Wednesday morning, as the Netherlands also resumed its rollout

Boxes containing vials of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

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Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would restart its COVID-19 Janssen vaccine shipments to Europe, after the European Medicines Agency demanded that a “warning about unusual blood clots with low blood platelets” be included in the pharmaceutical’s product information for the shots.

The outlook: The EU, for now, is more focused on accelerating its struggling vaccination campaigns, which are only beginning to catch up after three months of bureaucratic and logistical delays. Only 7% of the European population has been fully vaccinated, compared with 26% in the U.S. and 15% in the U.K.

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