(CNN) The Department of Defense Covid-19 task force plans to re-allocate doses of the Moderna vaccine to overseas US military bases to make up for Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses that were supposed to be shipped to foreign bases but have since been paused. The department paused distribution of Johnson & Johnson vaccines earlier this week in response to recommendations by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The FDA and CDC recommended the US pause the use of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine over six reported US cases of a "rare and severe" type of blood clot. Each US military service will now send "a total of approximately 30,000 additional doses of Moderna throughout the month of May," Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said during a press briefing on Friday. The additional Moderna doses will be sent to US European Command, US Central Command and US Indo-Pacific Command, Kirby said.

Source: CNN April 16, 2021 21:11 UTC