COVID: EU regulator backs BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine booster for 18 and over
By DW
06 October 2021 |
6:34 am
While the European Medicines Agency approved a third dose for people over 18-years-old, the agency said it was up to member states to decide whether to use them.
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