April 13, 2021 9:20 a.m. 

Officials with the Oregon Health Authority have asked all the state’s vaccine providers to immediately stop administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.

A release said this follows an announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. This is out of an abundance of caution as they review six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in woman ages 18-48, after they were vaccinated with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

A link to the federal announcement is posted: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/joint-cdc-and-fda-statement-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery