FDA approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine clears way for more mandates

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given full approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine and officials are hoping it will result in more people getting vaccinated after some cited the shot only being given under emergency use authorization as a reason for not getting their jab. As Jackson Proskow reports, through mandate or motivation, there is hope FDA approval will result in more widespread vaccination at a point when cases and hospitalizations continue to rise across the country.

• Pfizer to submit COVID-19 vaccine approval for kids as young as 5 in coming weeks
• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given full approval by U.S. regulators