Montgomery County DHHS Receives First Shipment of Johnson & Johnson Vaccines

Montgomery County Government announced on Twitter that the Department of Health and Human Services has received its first shipment of 1,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccines.

Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, only one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is necessary to fight the coronavirus.

🆕 @MoCoDHHS has received its first shipment of the J&J/Janssen #COVID19 vaccine, 1,600 doses, and plans to start using the vaccine at its clinics in the coming days. pic.twitter.com/TuO8KnxRR5

— Montgomery County MD (@MontgomeryCoMD) March 4, 2021

Gov. Larry Hogan said at a media briefing on Tuesday that the state of Maryland received an initial allocation of 49,600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines in total for its initial shipment. Hogan said governors were told by the White House that another shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be sent to states by March 18.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor, explains how the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is different from the others and why it works:

There’s now a third safe COVID-19 vaccine, so we asked Dr. Fauci to walk us through the newly-authorized Johnson & Johnson option: The way it works, it’s effectiveness, and whether he’d take it himself. (The answer is yes!) pic.twitter.com/Zb0eYQzNTU

— White House COVID-19 Response Team (@WHCOVIDResponse) February 28, 2021

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Deirdre Byrne is a social media coordinator for Montgomery Community Media. She can be reached at dbyrne@mymcmedia.org or on twitter at @DeirdreByrneMCM.

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