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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine on Monday, the first serum of its kind in the country to obtain a full green light from the regulator. , since until now it was only authorized as "emergency use", as is the case with Moderna and Janssen vaccines. Meanwhile, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is finalizing its decision on the need to administer a third dose of vaccine against covid-19. Spain, for the moment, does not plan to do so, although Health is awaiting the announcement of the agency, which could arrive this Monday. The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,has once again emphasized that the scientific debate remains open and has asked for the injection of a third dose to be delayed. The priority, he stressed, should be for countries where only 1% or 2% of the population has been immunized. Countries such as Israel have already begun to administer a booster of the vaccine, while the United States has announced that it will also do so from September 20 to deal with the spread of the delta variant. In Spain, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia has once again overturned the curfew in 43 municipalities in Catalonia, including large cities such as Barcelona, and maintains it in 19 locations.Countries such as Israel have already begun to administer a booster of the vaccine, while the United States has announced that it will also do so from September 20 to deal with the spread of the delta variant. In Spain, the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia has once again overturned the curfew in 43 municipalities in Catalonia, including large cities such as Barcelona, and maintains it in 19 locations.Countries such as Israel have already begun to administer a booster of the vaccine, while the United States has announced that it will also do so from September 20 to deal with the spread of the delta variant. In Spain, the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia has once again overturned the curfew in 43 municipalities in Catalonia, including large cities such as Barcelona, and maintains it in 19 locations.
