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Janssen delays delivery of its single-jab vaccine to Spain after 'rare' blood clot cases in the US
ÁLVARO SOTO / MELCHOR SÁIZ-PARDO
Spain's vaccination plan since the Ministry of Health is relying on 17,598,400 single-dose vials from the multinational between the second and third quarters. This is to fulfil a good part of its promise to achieve herd immunity at the end of August with ... in hospital in critical condition, according to North American health sources. So far, nearly seven million people in the United States have received the Janssen vaccine and approximately nine million more doses have been distributed there, ... that generates blood clots in combination with low platelets". The pharmaceutical company claimed to have reviewed these cases with the European health authorities before "proactively delaying the launch of [its] vaccine in Europe". It specified