Top Stories: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has moved away from her predecessor’s pandemic denial to urge social distancing, handwashing, and mask-wearing. But as the third wave of coronavirus sweeps across Africa, it seems the measures are being ignored by most of the public. Charles Kombe reports from Dar es Salaam. The Lagos state government is educating medical experts on better ways to deal with public health crisis, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic and the new delta variant. according to the state commissioner for health, professor Akin Abayomi, the training will assist health practitioners in mitigating a likely 3rd wave of the pandemic. Africa, battling a severe third wave of COVID-19 infections, will start to receive the first batch of 400 million doses of vaccines from Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) next week, the African Union's special envoy on COVID said on Thursday.Only about 60 million doses have been administered among a total population of 1.3 billion so far on the 55-nation continent.J&J doses will be used to immunise half of the estimated 800 million people in need of the vaccine on the continent, Strive Masiyiwa, who is also coordinator of the AU task force on vaccine acquisition, told an online news conference. Large numbers of migrants continue to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean from Africa to the southern coasts of Spain. Among them are hundreds of unaccompanied minors who, under Spanish law, are entitled to be housed in Spain until they turn 18. Elizabeth Cherneff narrates this report by Alfonso Beato in Barcelona. More than 200 migrants crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla early on Thursday, climbing the high fence that separates it from Morocco, local authorities said.More than 300 migrants attempted to scale the six-metre (20-ft) fence using hooks, the authorities said in a statement. New video has emerged of a story we first brought you on Tuesday -- the aftermath of what authorities called an "attempted stabbing attack" on Mali's interim president Colonel Assimi Goita. David Doyle has the details. The U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a month ago — with the more contagious delta variant making up over 80% of cases. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara looks at the Biden administration’s strategy for dealing with the surge, as misinformation continues to drive anti-vaccination sentiments in certain groups. Olympic officials are warning against what they say are divisive political protests at the Summer Games in Tokyo. But as VOA’s Bill Gallo reports, the event may be the perfect opportunity for athlete activism. Excitement is building over the Tokyo Olympics, despite more athletes testing positive for COVID-19. While the Games are set to begin this Friday (July 23), the head of the Tokyo organizing committee says there is still a chance they could be canceled due to the virus. Still, sports fans in the U.S. are eagerly gearing up to watch, as VOA’s Mariama Diallo reports.