Covid-19 pandemic: EU panel backs booster shots of Pfizer, Moderna

A European Union advisory committee endorsed extra shots of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine for all adults,  as well as extra doses of Moderna Inc.’s for those with severely weakened immune systems.  
 

Those ages 18 and older can get a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine, developed with BioNTech SE, at least six months after their second shot, the European Medicines Agency said in a statement Monday. For the immunocompromised, extra doses of Pfizer or Moderna can be given at least 28 days after the second.

The recommendation on the Pfizer shot is slightly broader than in the U.S., where it’s been