Covid Employers Update – GEasy Labour News http://news.geasyhr.com Human Resource Information from GEasy Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:21:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://i0.wp.com/news.geasyhr.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-GEasy-Logo.png?fit=32%2C32 Covid Employers Update – GEasy Labour News http://news.geasyhr.com 32 32 156805379 Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gets full FDA approval http://news.geasyhr.com/pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-gets-full-fda-approval/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-gets-full-fda-approval Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:18:55 +0000 https://news.geasyhr.com/?p=54 The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet.

Medical experts hailed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, saying they hope it leads to more people getting their shots.

The vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has never before had so much evidence to judge a shot’s safety. More than 200 million Pfizer doses already have been administered in the U.S. — and hundreds of millions more worldwide — since emergency use began in December.

At the same time, human resources consultants said they expect more companies to mandate shots — with an increasing number of employers nationwide already doing so.

The approval by the FDA comes as COVID-19 cases surge throughout the country because of the delta variant. It marks the first licensing of a vaccine for the coronavirus — until now the Pfizer-BioNTech shot has been used under emergency authorization.

A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Credit: AP/Mary Altaffer

Some teacher union officials said the full approval would not have a big impact since most of their members are already vaccinated. Others said they hoped the full approval would provide sufficient encouragement to the hesitant for mandates to be avoided.

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