Watch live at 4:30 p.m.: Idaho DHW holds weekly meeting amid Janssen vaccine

The Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare (IDHW) is set to hold its weekly virtual meeting to discuss COVID-19 in Idaho. The meeting will be live-streamed on KTVB.COM and the KTVB YouTube channel.

The meeting comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Tuesday that vaccine providers should pause distribution of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine in order to investigate rare blood clots reported in six women.

The six women, who are between the ages of 18-48, developed blood clots between 6-13 days after receiving the Janssen vaccine. One of the women died and another is in critical condition, according to the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

More than 6.8 million doses of the Janssen vaccine have been administered in the United States. 82,500 doses have been distributed in Idaho and 30,673 doses have been administered to Idahoans as of Tuesday morning, according to IDHW.

IDHW echoed the recommendation from the CDC on Tuesday, stating Idahoans with appointments to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should reach out to their providers and seek the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.