are not going away. this one is outside the hotel where ioc president thomas bach is staying. their message to him is pretty blunt. over at the olympic village, three covid cases have now been confirmed. across the city, 1,400 new cases on saturday. despite this, when i sat down with the governor of tokyo, she told me the games must go ahead. translation: i believe that not holding the olympics is even - sadder than holding it during these dire times. i do not want to show the world that we have lost to covid i9. there is still meaning in holding the olympics in tokyo, despite the current situation. this was wembley stadium in london a week ago. but, with just 20% of japanese vaccinated, there will be no scenes like this in tokyo s olympic stadium.
to take a big step, as some warn about becoming too relaxed too soon, a reminder that opening up isn t without risk. nick eardley, bbc news. we have a similar story but perhaps not on the same scale. israel has recorded a four month high in new daily coronavirus cases, going from almost none at all a few weeks ago to more than 800 a day although the number of serious cases remains low. the country vaccinated its adult population at the world s fastest rate, and there s now a rush to immunise the young, with no firm decision yet on whether to bring back major restrictions. here s our middle east correspondent tom bateman. there are some nerves, a bit of comfort, and lots of relief, too. israel is racing to vaccinate its teenagers. this boy is only 12 and getting his second dose.
we started to see a rising number of cases, doubling more rapidly than we thought. and particularly if we started to see cases appearing in the local population that seemed to be linked back into the village or vice versa. reporter: so far, that hasn t happened. but for the head of the world health organization, the olympics is a balance. the fess health of a nation versus the mental health of the world. may the message of hope resound, resound there tokyo around the world in every nation, every village. and every heart. reporter: dr. gupta, cnn, tokyo. and you can follow the games with cnn s instant coverage on our website, just point your browser to cnn.com/olympics. and we re standing by for a decision from the unesco world heritage committee on australia s great barrier reef. the marine wonder has been deteriorating for years due to