NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated COVID-19 vaccines , though new restrictions could determine what steps patients need to receive a vaccine.

"Customers expect they can just walk in and then get the vaccine like it used to be. But that's changed now," said Senthil Radhakrishnan, Pharmacy Manager at Raleigh Pharmacy.

The vaccines are approved for use in people 65 and older, as well as those younger with at least one health condition that makes them high-risk, with age limitations based on each respective vaccine (six months and older for Moderna, five years and older for Pfizer-BioNTech, 12 years and older for Novavax).

"These vaccines are available for all patients who choose them after consulting with their doctors," Health an

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