Pfizer vaccine gets full FDA approval

The United States drug regulator has fully approved the Pfizer vaccine. US leaders hope it will be a catalyst for vaccine mandates for businesses, and that more people will get the jab. It comes on the same day as preparations are completed for the COVID-safe Paralympic Games opening ceremony. And the World Health Organisation launches pleas for countries to halt booster vaccine shot roll out programs.

Source: AP

The F-D-A had previously approved three vaccines - Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson - under an emergency use authorisation. Pfizer is the first to receive full  F-D-A approval, which Mr Biden dubbed the gold standard.  He also used the moment to call on private companies to require their employees to get vaccinated. In other news, the head of the World Health Organisation has renewed calls for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants.