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2021-02-28T00:28:19.317Z


| United States The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency permit to vaccinate 18-year-olds and older. Johnson & Johnson Vaccines. Green light in the US Photo:  Reuters Another corona vaccine approved in the US: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last night (Sunday) granted an emergency permit for the vaccine developed by the Johnson & Johnson company, according to the Reuters news


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency permit to vaccinate 18-year-olds and older.

  • Johnson & Johnson Vaccines.

    Green light in the US

    Photo: 

    Reuters

Another corona vaccine approved in the US:

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last night (Sunday) granted an emergency permit for the vaccine developed by the Johnson & Johnson company, according to the Reuters news agency. In a few days. 

President Joe Biden welcomed the FDA approval, but added a message to the American nation: "Even though we are celebrating today's news I call on all Americans - keep washing your hands, keep a social distance and keep wearing masks. As I have said many times, The situation may worsen with the spread of new mutations. "

The approved vaccine, given in one dose, joins the two vaccines of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the United States, which record an efficacy of about 95% in two doses. Vanson in preventing moderate to severe morbidity in Corona. In the US, the vaccine showed 72% efficacy after 28 days. 

Reuters also reported side effects of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine noted by the FDA: The most common reactions were from injection site pain (48.6%), headache (39%) and fatigue (38.2%).

9% of participants reported fever. 

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine can be stored at normal refrigeration temperatures.

Dr William Shepner, an infectious disease specialist, told Reuters that this could facilitate the spread of the vaccine. 

In terms of supply, Johnson & Johnson is preparing to produce at least a billion doses of the vaccine during 2021. The U.S. has agreed to purchase 100 million doses that cost more than $ 1 billion, and as of this week, 4-3 million doses will be distributed. About 14 percent of Americans have now been vaccinated with a first dose of corona vaccine that is already being distributed in the United States.

As you may recall, this week the U.S. recorded more than half a million victims of the coronary epidemic. The number of infections across the country stands at more than 28 million people. This coming May, the corona vaccines will be made available to the general population. "Unfortunately, we anticipated that the Johnson & Johnson company would be able to produce more doses than we now know were actually produced," Pucci said. 

Source: israelhayom

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