and disappointment for band performers in the netherlands, after nightclubs close again due to soaring covid infections. hello and welcome. day three at the tokyo olympics is now well underway, and the medals are coming in thick and fast. team gb have picked up their first gold adam peaty winning the men s 100 metres breaststroke final. but britain isn t the only country celebrating a good day at the pool. 0ur correspondent sarrah mulkerrins is in tokyo with the latest. it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals in it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals in the it has been a scintillating morning with some of the finals in the full here in tokyo. let s start with star man adam pt, defending his 0lympic title. he is so dominant in the 100 metres breaststroke. he is undefeated in seven years. he had so much pressure on him coming into this to try and back up that when i become the
it s good to have you with us. if you ve just joined it s good to have you with us. if you ve justjoined us, it s good to have you with us. if you vejustjoined us, you are in time for the top business stories. let s start here in the uk, where the country s economy is facing a pingdemic where workers notified by the nhs track and trace app have to self isolate due to being in contact with someone who s tested positive for covid. in the week ending on the 14th ofjuly, 600,000 people were sent alerts and asked to self isolate. supply firms have been complaining they are struggling to keep supermarkets stocked with food. in response on sunday the department for environment, food and rural affairs said it has identified 500 sites for daily contact testing, and some 10,000 supermarket depot workers in england will be exempt from quarantine rules. this will include forklift drivers and dispatchers. however, supermarket workers are not included. those who are exempt, if they have
high and they were dramatically exceeded. thousands of adults in england are self isolating. the vast majority don t have covid, many though have been pinged by the trace and track app. and it may have come as a surprise to some of them to see this report from the times. it told us that investment minister,lord gerry grimstone, the bbc has confirmed this too. that s right an advisory tool. then this morning the business minister paul scully did a series of interviews. he told times radio that self isolating after being pinged was a decision for individuals and employers. and that the app is there to allow you to make informed decisions. in a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this: we are encouraging people to isolate but they need to make their own informed decisions. the legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. not everyone has the app for example and so it i
covid cases surge. we begin in the us where the funds of cuticles giantjohnson &johnson along with three other drugs distributed have reached a settlement to settle all suits related to the opioid crisis. pharmaceutical giant. it would go directly to organisations dealing with addiction. more than half a million people have died from drug overdoses in america between 1999 and 2019. the country continues to struggle with this opioid epidemic exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. last year, a 30% increase in deaths from overdose. it is why states four years of tried to hold drug makers and this tribute is accountable, claiming they fuelled this epidemic. hat fuelled this epidemic. not operation. fuelled this epidemic. not operation, no fuelled this epidemic. iirrt operation, no matter how powerful it is, should be able to put its profits over people s lives and no amount of money is ever going to replace the lives lost and the families shattered by the opioid epidemic
days after his election victory. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. thousands of people in england are self isolating. the vast majority don t have covid they were pinged by the covid app. and perhaps they got a surprise today. here s the times reporting that investment minister lord gerry grimstone told one employer the track and trace app that s right an advisory tool . also today, the business minister, paul scully, did a series of interviews. he told times radio that self isolating after being pinged was a matter for individuals and employers, and that, in a further interview on the bbc, mr scully added this. the legal position has not changed, you have to isolate if you are contacted by the nhs test and trace or if you are collecting isolation payments. not everyone has the app for example and so it is not mandated. but look at the national health service website and that distinction isn t there. it says should self isolate immediately