Pause of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Likely to Be Lifted by End of Week: Fauci

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies to a House panel in Washington on April 15, 2021. Amr Alfiky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine will likely resume in the United States by the end of the week, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday shows.

“By Friday, we should have an answer as to where we’re going with it. I would think that we’re not going to go beyond Friday in the extension of this pause,” Fauci, the longtime head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.