According to The Hill, the Food and Drug Administration has given full approval to Pfizer's version of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The full approval of the vaccine is expected to cause a spike in the number of people lining up to get the vaccine.  Additionally, it is expected that the approval will cause more governments and companies to enact vaccine mandates.

The vaccine now has a name, too.  It will be called Comirnaty.

It will be available to those 16 years old and above.

The FDA's emergency use authorization will remain in place at this time for those between the ages of 12 and 15. That authorization also still applies for a third dose for immunocompromised people.

So far, more than 200 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine have been administered in the US.  That equates to about 100 million Americans being "fully vaccinated" with that particular vaccine.

Back in December, the Pfizer vaccine was the first to get emergency approval in the United States.  The Moderna vaccine was given emergency approval days later.

In a statement, acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock celebrated the approval and said that it would bring us closer to altering the course of the pandemic in the United States.

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