Decision on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for younger kids coming within two weeks: Health CanadaHealth Canada authorizes Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as a booster shot. In Europe, the Austrian government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people starting Monday to slow the fast spread of the coronavirus in the country. The country reported 11,552 new cases on Sunday; a week ago there were 8,554 new infections. 2:49In the Middle East, Israel has approved giving Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of five and 11. In Africa, Egypt's national research body says it will start clinical trials for a domestically made coronavirus vaccine.

Source: CBC News November 15, 2021 00:12 UTC