(Providence, RI) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health says almost everyone who is signed up this week to get the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will still be able to get a COVID-19 shot. Usage of the J&J vaccine is being temporarily suspended in RI because of a rare but severe blood clot issue. About 2,000 Rhode Islanders who were signed up to get it can instead receive a shot from Moderna or Pfizer. Over 30,000 Rhode Islanders have already received the Janssen shot. If it has been at least a couple of weeks since your inoculation, state health director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott said yesterday the risk of side effects is very low.
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