The mentaL Health of elIte athletes has been thrown Into sharp focus by the actIons of sportsmen and women at the tokyo games and other recent hIgh profIle tournaments. SImone bIles the Poster GIrl of Team Usa pulled out of the majorIty of her gymnastIc events, cItIng her mentaL Health. She saId, we have to protect our mInds and our bodIes out and do what the world wants us to do. Away from the games, ahead of the test agaInst IndIa, the england and wales CrIcket Board announced that Ben Stokes would take a break from crIcket IndefInItely to focus on hIs Mental wellbeIng. And the japanese TennIs Player NaomI Osaka saId she would not do news conferences, wIthdrew from the French Open and dId not play at wImbledon, admIttIng she had experIenced long bouts of depressIon sInce wInnIng herfIrst grand Slam TItle In 2018. The decIsIon by hIgh profIle athletes to talk openly about theIr mentaL Health at the tokyo games and other events has sparked a new conversatIon, and prompted both support,
I want to thank my amazing team, my family that made so many amazing sacrifices for me. And Beaming Biles after struggles with her mental Health Superstar american gymnast Simone Biles takes bronze on the beam. In other news. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says scotland will remove most of its remaining covid restrictions from Monday Face coverings in indoor public settings will continue. This change is significant and hard earned. The Sacrifices Everyone has made over the past year and a half can never be overstated. Coronavirus Cases continue to fall in the uk, but deaths have risen to 138 the highest reported daily figure since march 17th. Borisjohnson meets the Opposition Leader of belarus after one of the countrys athletes at the olympics sought sanctuary in a foreign embassy. Sprinter tells the bbc why she did it. I want people to stop being afraid, i want them to speak out because when there is pressure its really important not to keep silent. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc N
Lets cross now to the scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who is making a virtual statement to msps she is set to reveal whether her government will lift most legal Covid Restrictions. I will set out a number of mitigation conditions. I will summarise the key points from new guidance being published today on arrangements for the start of The New School year. Let me start by summarising todays statistics. The total number of positive cases reported yesterday was 1016 which is 8. 1 of all tests. There are 406 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Host Tokyo and 61 people receiving Intensive Care which has won more than yesterday. Sadly nine further deaths were reported over the last 24 hours taking the total number of registered is death and the daily definition to 7952. As always i want to convey my sincere condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. I can also report that 4,014,000 212 people have now received a first dose of v
more countries are closing their borders to foreigners, but health experts warn travel restrictions will not stop the omicron variant of the coronavirus from spreading. hear what they re saying about how you can protect yourself. trump lawyers will make their case on keeping thousands of documents private from lawmakers investigating the january 6th capitol riots. and chaotic smash-and-grab robberies are becoming a trend, forcing law enforcement agencies to scramble. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. it is tuesday, november 30th, and we begin with a growing uncertainty about the new omicron variant of the coronavirus. the topp infectious disease expert here in the u.s., anthony fauci, says it could be weeks before we know more about the severity of this mutation, and the world health organization says it may take up to a month to tell if the current vaccines are effective against omicron. meantime, the advice from heal