ORLANDO, Fla. — The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is back at Orlando’s FEMA-supported vaccination site. After the Johnson & Johnson vaccine received the green light from the federal government, people in Central Florida can now receive the shot again, with some additional forms.

What You Need To Know

  • Florida FEMA sites have resumed offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

  • The Orlando site has 3,000 doses of J&J each day; 211 were administered by noon Monday

  • People who choose the Johnson & Johnson vaccine now must sign a consent form

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On Saturday night, the state’s division of emergency management announced the FEMA-supported sites would resume offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine the following day, after a pause in distribution because of a concern about rare blood clots. 

“Immediately, our agency and others went to work to ensure staff was adequately trained on the new warnings and that we had a supply to provide the community,” Florida Department of Emergency Management spokesman Ian Ohlin said.

There are also new forms for people getting the J&J vaccine. 

“People who come out to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be fully informed on the updated warnings,” Ohlin said. “They’ll be given a copy of those warnings, and they’ll sign a consent form acknowledging that they’ve received that information.”

As of noon Monday, 211 Johnson & Johnson vaccines had been administered at the Orlando site, according to Ian Ohlin, a state spokesperson for that community vaccination clinic at Valencia College West.

By comparison, 268 Johnson & Johnson doses were administered by the site’s closing time on Sunday, equating to less than 10-percent of its daily allotted supply.

Officials at the vaccination site said it saw a slight decline in demand for all vaccines during the pause with Johnson & Johnson. 

“We’re hoping that with the renewal of Johnson & Johnson that people are aware that they can come out and get a vaccine without needing a second appointment for anything,” Ohlin said. 

Neither Florida DEM's website, nor the Florida Department of Health's, had updated their information online regarding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine until mid-morning Monday.

Sasha Huey of Ocoee told News 13 she did not know the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was back until she got in line at the Valencia site. “I was going to get the Pfizer and then they said they have the J&J, so I said, ‘just get the one shot.’”

The FEMA-supported sites had been offering the Pfizer vaccine for five days on the backend of the pause, as an alternative. Those sites are still offering the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, by appointment.

The FEMA site in Orlando is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.