day six of the tokyo 2020 olympics, and us swimming star caeleb dressel has blazed his way to victory in the men s 100 metre freestyle. and from behind the decks to centre stage the world s most famous music producer, mark ronson, tells us about his new documentary series. hello and thanks for being with us. let s start in the united states. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated, orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising, with the director of the us national public health agency, the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid june.
no s family, who have cared for him ever since he was injured, have released a statement, saying their collective devastation is overwhelming, but so too the realisation that we were blessed to have andrew with us for 32 years since the hillsborough tragedy. clive? nick, thank you for that, nick garnett live at anfield. president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they ve been vaccinated orface more testing. the number of coronavirus cases in america is rising, with the director of the national public health agency, the cdc, warning cases have more than tripled since mid june. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. there s a growing sense of urgency. about half the population is fully vaccinated, but infection rates are rising, the delta variant is spreading rapidly, and the number ofjabs in arms is still much lower thanjoe biden wants to see.
president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national public health agency. the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid june. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. there s a growing sense of urgency. about half the population is fully vaccinated, but infection rates are rising, the delta variant is spreading rapidly, and the number ofjabs in arms is still much lower thanjoe biden wants to see. the president is about to announce that all government workers and contractors be vaccinated against covid 19 or be required to submit to regular testing. we still have a lot of people not vaccinated. the pandemic we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, so please please, please, please get vaccinated.
world heritage status. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and seven in the evening in washington where president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated orface more testing. the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising with the director of the us national public health agency. the cdc, saying cases have increased over 300% nationally since mid june. president biden has renewed his call for people to get vaccinated. so many people, well over 630,000 americans
president biden is expected to announce that federal workers will soon be required to confirm they are vaccinated orface more testing. the move comes as the numbers of coronavirus cases are rising sharply. relaxing the rules from monday, fully vaccinated travellers from the united states and eu will no longer have to quarantine when they arrive in england, scotland or wales. they will still have to present negative covid tests. president macron of france has said his country owes a debt to french polynesia over nuclear tests held there. it s estimated over 100,000 were affected by radioactive fallout from nearly 200 nuclear tests over three decades. peru s new president, pedro castillo, has been sworn in after a long and tense election process. the former schoolteacher has promised to reduce poverty and boost the public health system to tackle the pandemic.