NYC Weighs Booster Mandate; Pfizer Gets FDA Nod: Virus Update
Medical staff members help a patient wear a new non-invasive technology that can reduce the need of intubation at Covid-19 intensive care unit in Rome, on Dec. 30.
Photographer: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the city might expand its vaccine mandates to require boosters. Meanwhile, U.S. regulators gave emergency approval for people ages 12 to 15 to receive a third dose of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine.
Across the world, a record 10 million people were diagnosed in the seven days through Sunday -- almost twice the previous weekly high, as omicron spread.