U.S. Booster Plan Scaled Back; U.K Eases Travel: Virus Update

FDA Advisers Vote Against Pfizer-BioNTech Booster Shot
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The Covid-19 vaccine booster shot proposed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE should be given to a smaller group of people who are the most vulnerable to serious disease, a panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. The move is a setback to a sweeping plan from the Biden administration to roll out booster shots to a broad population next week.