More than 150million Covid vaccines are sitting in storage or have been thrown away across the U.S., official data shows — but regulators are still mulling over green-lighting shots for children under five years and extra boosters for adults.Federal data revealed the huge wastage, with only 570 out of the 720million shots delivered to states being administered into people's arms. The national vaccination drive is also slowing, with the number of shots dished out dropping almost a fifth in a week barely one month after second boosters were rolled out to over-50s.But despite the lagging uptake today applied for children aged one month to five years to get its jab, becoming the first in the country to do so, while asked on Tuesday for its booster to be rubber-stamped for children aged five to 11 years.
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