The FDA says it will authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for people in the US to start getting shots as early as Monday Posted byGrace Dean , Kate Duffy , and Andrew Dunn December 11, 2020 Leave a comment on The FDA says it will authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for people in the US to start getting shots as early as Monday The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it would “rapidly work toward” issuing an emergency-use authorization for Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine.