hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. our top story the tokyo 2020 olympic organising committee has said that international spectators will not be allowed to enterjapan during the olympic games which are scheduled for this summer. the decision will ensure the four yearly spectacle will be a largely televised event this year. olympic and paralympic tickets purchased by overseas residents will be refunded, it said in a statement. speculation about the ban had been rife for weeks, as organisers grappled with how to make the games safe during the coronavirus pandemic. our sports correspondent alex capstick has more on this. alex, it was predicted because there has been so many questions about whether these games would be held at all. , ., , whether these games would be held at all. , . , , whether these games would be held at all. , , all. this has been well signposted for a few weeks. all. this has been well signposted for a few weeks. there a
reintroduced partial lockdowns, as both countries battle a sharp rise in infections in recent weeks. richard galpin reports. here in germany the authorities are warning that the country is facing a third wave of coronavirus. infections rising exponentially. and this particularly worrying is 8% of the population here has had a first dose of vaccine. there are now calls for lockdown measures to be brought back in. the situation also serious here in france, with covid cases surging. more than 20 million people now facing restrictions. poland, yet another eu countries battling the virus has today gone into a lockdown expected to last three weeks. the situation across the eu in part a result of a faltering vaccination programme and delays in deliveries. and this not helped by the eu s recent suspension of supplies of the astrazeneca vaccine at this critical time. italy, though, is now moving ahead, with the astrazeneca vaccine. translation: the ahead, with the astrazeneca vaccine.
good afternoon. the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced that more than half of adults in the uk have now had a first dose of covid vaccine. more people received the jab yesterday than on any other day. despite this, a scientist on a government advisory body warns summer holidays overseas are extremely unlikely because of the risk of travellers bringing coronavirus variants back to the uk. it comes as france and poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in infections in recent weeks. richard galpin reports. here in germany the authorities are warning that the country is now facing a third wave of coronavirus. infections rising exponentially. and this particularly worrying as just 8% of the population here has had a first dose of vaccine. there are now calls for lockdown measures to be brought back in. the situation also serious here in france, with covid cases surging. more than 20 million people now facing restrictions. p
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