BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Gov. Edwards applauds the approval and hopes this will encourage more Louisianans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Gov. Edwards released this statement:

More than 2.2 million Louisianans have taken at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with about 40 percent of Louisiana’s population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the CDC.