's shots for those who have an allergic reaction to the first round of either company's vaccine, a scientist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
"In exceptional situations where the first dose of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine was received, but the patient is unable to complete the series with either the same or a different mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, for example due to a contraindication, a single dose of Janssen's Covid-19 vaccine may be administered at a minimum interval of 28 days from the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose," she said Monday at an emergency meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
The CDC's MacNeil noted that the vaccines "are not interchangeable" and that the safety and efficacy of taking one shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and one of the J&J vaccine has not been tested. She added that people who get J&J's should do so "under the supervision of a health-care provider."
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