The White House urges states to seek a longer shelf life for J&J shots as millions are close to expiring
A senior White House official on Tuesday urged state governors to work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to do so Extending the shelf life of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine with millions of unused doses nationwide shortly before expiry.
“I would encourage any governor who has doses that they fear will expire to work directly with the FDA about proper storage procedures while continuing to investigate processes that allow them to potentially take longer, “White House Covid-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said in a press call on Tuesday.
The FDA is working on plans to safely store the unused J&J vaccines, he added.
According to its own information, J&J carries out ongoing stability assessment studies This could allow him to postpone the expiration dates for his single-use vaccine.
Safety concerns about J & J’s vaccination and declining demand for vaccinations wasted nearly half of the 21 million cans the company produced for the United States.
The demand for all vaccines has slowed since mid-April, but the drop was significantly steeper on the J&J shot.
At least that’s what Reuters reported 13 lots of J&J Shots have an expiration date of June 27th or earlierr. It’s not clear how many doses that reflects. J&J has another 100 million cans on hand but the shipping time is uncertain.
Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine said in a statement released Monday that his State had leaked around 200,000 J&J cans on June 23. He urged the Ohioans to get the vaccination, adding that the state has no legal ability to send the vaccine to any other state or country.
The leaking cans make up about 30% of all J&J cans which Ohio has received so far. As of Monday, nearly 400,000 people in Ohio had received J&J admission, according to CDC data.
The White House is trying to further facilitate access to Covid-19 recordings by helping with job distribution across the United States, Slavitt added.
The United States is making fast progress in its vaccination campaign, although much of the rest of the world is struggling to get syringes in the arms of its residents.
More than a dozen US states have given at least one Covid-19 vaccination 70% of adults or more, Slavitt said Tuesday.
As of Monday, 63.7% of US adults had received at least one dose as the nation tries to hit President Joe Biden’s goal of 70% by July 4th amid slacking demand.
