Johnson & Johnson

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South Africans anxious over pause in use of J&J vaccines

COVID-19

South Africa’s decision to suspend the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to preliminary reports of rare blood clots has left the country without any shots as it struggles to combat an aggressive coronavirus variant.

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Medicine