There's been a lot of talk over the last few months about coronavirus vaccines and how they'll hopefully end the pandemic sooner rather than later.But it'll be years before the world's entire population is vaccinated, and variants will also continue to provide a threat.

So the world needs COVID treatments - drugs to help manage a patient's illness and stop them dying if they contract the virus.

On today's Coronacast, what can we make of an-anti COVID pill from Pfizer which is now in early clinical trials?

Also on today's show:

* A study on why you don't want to be COVID positive and pregnant and another on pregnancy and vaccines

And it's Friday. So you know what that means.