you re watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. i m lucy hockings live from tokyo. ecuador s richard carapaz wins the gold in the men s olympic cycling road race, making it the country s second ever gold at a summer olympics. a golden start for china its team picks up two gold medals in shooting and weightlifting. there are still lots of medals up for grabs on the first full day of action, including in fencing and judo. i ll have all the latest. i m ben boulos. in other news, from the uk and around the world. tackling britain s pingdemic hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic
a super spreader event. and as sarah mentioned, there have been an increasing number of confirmed covid cases within the olympic village, including some athletes. but for the rest of tokyo as well, the number hit nearly 2,000 earlier in the week. so there are some concerns. though, i have to say, tokyo is currently under the state of emergency, which you almost forget when you look around. of course, this is not a strict lockdown, but at least for the first state of emergency last april people obliged, even though there is no penalty. but now, by the fourth time, people are rather fed up with it. they re not really taking those precautionary measures that the government wants them to. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated , as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. speaking in virginia, mr biden praised the governor of alabama kay ivey who said
tackling britain s pingdemic hundreds more covid testing sites are to be set up across england to ensure essential workers can avoid self isolation and keep working. president biden warns that the us is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated , as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads. now on bbc news, the travel show s in tokyo, host city of the olympic and paralympic games, to find out how its hotels are dealing with the influx of athletes and trainers from all over the world. this week on the travel show: outrunning covid at the olympic games. the big names rocking central park this summer. siberia s mystery blast craters. you have an exploding crater on land. that is not something i imagined. and the fears for the
developments but the sport is about to take over. i can see a smile on yourface about to take over. i can see a smile on your face there because you were talking about what rather than everything else and that is great. thank you. president biden has warned that the united states is facing a pandemic of the unvaccinated , as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads rapidly in areas where the uptake ofjabs has been low. speaking in virginia, mr biden praised the governor of alabama kay ivey who said it was time to start blaming the unvaccinated for the rise in infections. here s our north america correspondent david willis. with less than 34% of its population fully vaccinated, alabama is the least vaccinated state in this country. and the remarks on thursday by its republican governor were well received by the white house. they are supposed to have common sense. but it is time to
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