SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox, in a Thursday statement, confirmed his concern that the U.S. decision to recommend a “pause” in use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine could make it more difficult to reach rural and minority communities.

Cox said the single dose vaccine had helped expand vaccine administration to the state’s smaller, isolated towns that are harder to reach. Cox said the pause in distribution “shouldn’t disrupt us much” but “could slow things down in getting to those harder-to-reach communities,” The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that they were looking into unusual clots in six women between the ages of 18 and 48, resulting in one death.

Cox added that he was worried that the CDC’s recommendation could further fuel vaccine hesitancy concerns.