to be a critical worker? are you not exempt and think that you should be? let me know this morning. tweet me @vicderbyshire or by emailing me on victoria@bbc.co.uk. a new study suggests that daily lateral flow testing for pupils could be equally as effective as closing class bubbles to control transmission in schools. calls to create a ring of steel around australia s biggest city, sydney, as cases of the virus remain high despite four weeks in lockdown. campaigners call for new rules on e scooters after a teenager was killed on one and a toddler was seriously injured. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the 2020 tokyo olympic games will officially start today a year later than expected. 11,000 athletes from over 200 countries will compete over the next few weeks, but spectators have been banned from almost all events, as japan deals with its highest surge in coronavirus infections for six months. let s go now to lucy hockings in tokyo. hi,
tennis phenom cocoa goff now out of the games after testing positive for covid-19. two athletes in tokyo s olympic village testing positive now. in all, at least 58 cases of coronavirus have been found among athletes, officials, and contractors there. the number of olympic participants falls, the number of cases in japan is climbing fast. a big spike shows no signs of slowing ahead of friday s opening ceremony. cnn s blake essig is live in tokyo, japan. what are officials saying this morning? reporter: well, you know, laura and julia, with a few days to go before the start of the olympics, it s fair to say things are not exactly going smoothly. as you mentioned, so far 58 people involved with the games have tested positive for covid-19 after arriving in japan. there s also a growing list of athletes and olympic-related personnel who have been forced into isolation after being considered close contacts with people who tested positive. despite that, olympic officials mainta
a devastating impact for the world s poor. everybody understands why the permit needed to get a lot of money to the pandemic. the pandemic has affected countries all over the world. and, the first beaver born on exmoor in 400 years has been captured on camera and is reported to be thriving. two days after england s euros final defeat, the row over the online racist abuse of some players has deepened. england defender tyrone mings says the home secretary priti patel stoked the fire by refusing to criticise fans who booed the england team for taking the knee after she previously described it as gesture politics . ms patel has condemned the racist abuse players have faced online following the match, and the government has defended her saying she fully understood the issues of racism having been a victim of appalling online abuse herself. and later today the prime minister will meet social media companies and reiterate the urgent need for action against online abuse. nes
been on this program few years back said mark you have to read this article an you need to have mr. wade on your program. to talk about this that is the origin of the coronavirus. and mr. wade is investigative science writer he s formally new york times science writer, a formally writer with nature, and science so they know something about these subjects. and i want to thank you for coming on the program but first paragraph, sir of your piece which is published in something called the bulletin of atomic scientists so sounds like it is quite legitimate the first paragraph says, the covid-19 pandemic has disrupted lives world over for more than a year it is death toll will soon reach 3 million people. if the origin of pandemic remains uncertain, the political agendas of governments and scientists of generated thick clouds. which the mainstream press seems helpless to dispel so i want to go through some of this so it is understandable to all of us. some of the institutions