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15 million J&J vaccine doses ruined in manufacturing error

Vaccines that have already been distributed were not affected.

Aired 04/01/2021

NJ Spotlight News

15 million J&J vaccine doses ruined in manufacturing error

Clip: 4/1/2021 | 5m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Vaccines that have already been distributed were not affected.

The errors at a plant in Baltimore that led to the contamination of 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine are not expected to impact next week's planned shipment to New Jersey, according to the state health department. But what could it mean for the months ahead? We ask Dr. Martin Blaser, director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers University.

Aired 04/01/2021

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