Plus, crocs rock in lockdown dress down. Why the chunky foam shoes are scoring record sales. We start in the uk where businesses reeling from the pandemic are facing a new challenge it s being called the pindemic . Hundreds of thousands of workers are being told to self isolate after being pinged by the nhs covid app which traces the contacts of people who test positive. It has led to staff shortages and in some cases empty supermarket shelves as supply chains are hit. That workers in the food industry would not have to isolate, but could take daily tests instead. Our economics editor faisal islam has more. It was meant to be a weaker freedom from the pandemic restrictions but last week record number of things, over 600,000 from nhs covid app for instructions to isolate from industries like supermarkets to railways to isolate. Businesses are now saying it caused shortages, something causing panic. Shortages, something causing anic. ,. , , shortages, something causing anic. ,. , ,. ,
Lester holt. Reporting tonight from tokyo. Good evening, everyone great to be with you from japan on the eve of the olympic opening ceremony we are more than a dozen time zones ahead of the u. S. , a 13hour flight from new york, but it is not lost on any of us here that neither time nor distance offer escape from the scourge of covid. We will update the situation here in tokyo and its impact on these games in a few moments. But back in the u. S. , tonight the cdc charting a rapidly worsening covid crisis tens of thousands of new cases a day, some hospitals revisiting days they thought were firmly behind them, but also signs more people may be starting to roll up their sleeves for covid vaccinations as officials warn this delta variant is both dangerous and efficient in making the unvaccinated sick. Miguel almaguer has the latest reporter: painting a grim picture of the new reality inside some hospitals, tonight the numbers from the cdc reflect our nation slowly slipping back towards cr
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