{"id":115481,"date":"2021-02-28T12:01:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115481"},"modified":"2021-02-28T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:01:55","slug":"us-authorizes-jj-covid-vaccine-for-emergency-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115481","title":{"rendered":"US authorizes J&J Covid vaccine for emergency use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Saturday
authorized Johnson & Johnson\u2019s Covid vaccine for emergency use, giving the nation a third shot to battle the outbreak that has killed more than 500,000 Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single-shot vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19,
including against newer variants, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said before giving it a green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is exciting news for all Americans, and an encouraging development in our efforts to bring an end to the crisis,\u201d US President Joe Biden said in a
statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he urged Americans to remain vigilant with anti-virus curbs such as
social distancing, warning that new variants of the virus still posed a
threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut we cannot let our guard down now or assume that victory is
inevitable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third vaccine is seen as a vital means to ramp up the immunization rate
in the United States, where more than 500,000 people have lost their lives to
the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In large clinical trials, the J&J vaccine\u2019s efficacy against severe disease
was 85.9 percent in the United States, 81.7 percent in South Africa, and 87.6
percent in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The J&J vaccine is the third to be greenlighted in the United States after
Pfizer\u2019s and Moderna\u2019s were provisionally approved in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 65 million people in America have so far received at least one shot of
either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines \u2014 but unlike those, the J&J vaccine
requires just one dose, and is stored at fridge temperatures, offering
logistical and practical advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The J&J shot appears less protective than Pfizer and Moderna\u2019s two-shot
regimens, which both have an efficacy of around 95 percent against all forms of Covid-19 from the classic coronavirus strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All three have been shown to fully protect against hospitalizations and
death, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company has announced it aims to deliver 20 million doses by the end of March, with 100 million by June. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Saturdayauthorized Johnson & Johnson\u2019s Covid vaccine for emergency use, giving the nation a third shot to battle the outbreak that has killed more than 500,000 Americans. The single-shot vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19,including against newer variants, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":115483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115481"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}