Out of the workplace for many different reasons. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines tokyo has extended its state of emergency, afterjapan suffered a record breaking 10,000 daily covid cases. there s increasing concern the olympics has fuelled the spike. pregnant women are urged to get vaccinated, as estimates from england suggest about nine out of ten have not had the jab. hundreds of soldiers from the australian defence force are to be deployed onto the streets of sydney to help police ensure that residents observe stay at home restrictions as covid 19 infections continue to rise. 0ur correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil, says the problem of australia s low vaccination takeup is becoming increasingly acute. it is the availability of the vaccine, the fact that has
Of that is part of the pay especially when other people in the public sector are being recognised. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is. it s less than 2a hours before the delayed olympic games begins in tokyo and the city has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases since january. let s stay with coronavirus in the uk because the number of people told to self isolate by the nhs covid app has reached record levels. in the week to the 1ath july, more than 600,000 people received alerts that s up 17% from the previous week. and that s having an impact the hospitality, transport and retail sectors have all reported staff shortages. here s our economics
The headlines tokyo s olympic organisers say, friday night s opening ceremony will go ahead, without any major change despite the sacking of the show s creative director. kentaro kobayashi was dismissed over past comments he made about the holocaust. an investigation has been launched after two beach volleyball players from the czech olympics team tested positive for covid. a team doctor who is said to have declined to be vaccinated also tested positive. china has ordered an urgent review into flood safety, after twelve people died trapped in a flooded subway tunnel. more than 20 others have died and hundreds of thousands evacuated after devastating flooding in hunaan province. norway has been holding a series of events to remember the 77 people murdered by the far right extremist anders breivik ten years ago today. the norwegian prime minister, erna solberg, spoke of the need to combat racism and far right extremism. you re watching bbc news.
Of welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. or the bbc news channel in the uk or on bbc world news. it s the eve of the official start of the olympic games in tokyo. delayed by a year because of the pandemic, and being held in unique circumstances, without spectators. new infections have been edging up again acrossjapan and among athletes. in tokyo itself, coronavirus cases are now the highest they ve been since the middle ofjanuary. on thursday, tokyo reported close to 2000 new coronavirus cases up by more than 600 compared with the same day last week. this chart shows the seven day average of daily covid cases in the capital. so far this month, a total of 91 cases directly linked to the olympics have been recorded.
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