South Africa will start vaccinating front-line health workers next week with a shot that is still in testing.

Many pharmacies are already administering vaccine doses that have been allocated to states.

Herd immunity is not a magic moment after which the virus simply vanishes. But it does mark the point at which cases gradually diminish.

Medical workers across Myanmar began a civil disobedience protest, wearing red ribbons and declaring they won’t work for the new military government.

The European Union proposed a $4.8 billion plan aimed at improving the fight against cancer as the coronavirus pandemic tends to delay diagnoses.