FDA approves new Covid boosters as cases rise around US

As with earlier vaccinations, the new round of shots are cleared for adults and children as young as age six months. Photograph: Emily Elconin/Reuters

The US has approved a series of Covid-19 booster vaccines amid rising cases of coronavirus around the country, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday.

The FDA said it had approved Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which can be administered even to people who never previously received a Covid-19 vaccination.