President Joe Biden had suggested on Friday that his administration was considering whether to give booster shots as early as five months after vaccination, citing advice he received from the Israeli prime minister. Ontario registered 740 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths on Sunday. What's happening around the worldAs of Sunday, more than 216.2 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 case tracker. In Europe, clashes erupted in Athens Sunday evening between the police and some participants in a protest rally against COVID-19 vaccinations. In Africa, the continent will soon have access to 70 million vaccine doses from Germany, the country's Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2021 17:17 UTC