Fauci sees decision on US resuming J&J vaccine by Friday

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US health authorities have reported 6 cases of women developing brain clots along with low blood platelet counts, including one death, within 2 weeks of getting the one-dose vaccine. All the women were between 18 and 49.

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A government-convened expert panel has been assessing the vaccine's possible links to a clotting disorder seen in a half-dozen relatively young women, none with previously known clotting disorders.

Fauci, in an interview on ABC's "This Week," said that by Friday "we should have an answer as to where we're going with it. I would think that we're not going to go beyond Friday in the extension of this pause." "I believe we'll get back with it," he said, though possibly with some restrictions or warnings on its use.US health authorities have reported six cases of women developing brain clots along with low blood platelet counts, including one death, within two weeks of getting the one-dose vaccine. All the women were between 18 and 49.

CDC director Rochelle Walensky has said that the symptoms in the women suffering clotting disorders were consistent with rare side effects from the AstraZeneca vaccine seen in Europe.Some European officials have hinted that the European Union might not order the AstraZeneca shot again after questions about side effects and delays in its delivery.

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