April 25, 2021 2:15 p.m.

On Saturday, the Oregon Health Authority cleared health care providers and pharmacies in the state to resume administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, if they can ensure patients or their caregivers are informed about the benefits and risks of the vaccine.

An OHA release said that currently, there are approximately 124,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that have been stored at Oregon vaccination sites, while providers awaited resolution of the recent federal and western states safety reviews.

On April 13th the federal Centers for Disease Control recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following reports of rare and serious blood clots in a small number of people, out of approximately 7.5 million people who had been vaccinated at the time.

On Friday the Food and Drug Administration lifted the pause, with a warning about potential rare blood clots for women under age 50.