- As hospitalization rates soar, FDA grants full approval to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine
- This could help businesses, schools and states enforce vaccine mandates
- The number of vaccine doses administered daily has mostly increased over the past week
As Americans face a daunting surge of Covid-19 hospitalizations with rates for children and adults under 50 hitting their highest levels yet the US Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, says an article on CNN.
COVID-vaccine approval
The approval could help allay concerns for those who are vaccine-hesitant, as all three vaccines available in the US have so far been distributed under emergency use authorization.
Enforcing vaccine mandates
It could also help businesses, schools and states enforce vaccine mandates, experts have said. Such mandates could help quell the ever-growing number of cases, especially in states that are experiencing a lack of available ICU beds.
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Source: CNN
