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A vaccination site in Colorado closed early Wednesday after a “limited number of people” began receiving adverse reactions to the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, which sent hundreds of people waiting in line for hours sent home is without getting a shot.
The site at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, eight miles northeast of Denver, closed about 90 minutes early at 3:30 p.m., FOX Denver 31 reported. More than 1,700 people received vaccine shots at the site Wednesday.
“After the administration of the J&J vaccine and during on-site observation, we saw a limited number of side reactions to the vaccine,” reads a statement from Fox News about Centra Health, which manages the site. “We followed our protocols and, with an abundance of warning, made the decision – in partnership with the state – to interrupt the rest of the day.”
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Messages to Johnson and Johnson were not immediately returned.
About 640 who were standing in line for a shot were sent home and their slots were scheduled for Sunday, Centra Health said.
The company did not say how many people had reactions, but said it amounted to 0.8% of those who received a vaccine dose on Wednesday. It did not specify what kind of reactions people had.
Reactions to COVID-19 vaccines have been reported, some of which are serious. A man in Virginia recently recovered from a hospital stay after having a skin reaction to what doctors believe of a Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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About 15 million doses have been destroyed.