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Delta variant. china is now battling to contain its largest covid outbreak in months, with mass testing and travel restrictions. more than 300 cases have been detected over ten days across 15 provinces. stephen mcdonnell joins us from beijing. should we be worried about this because my 11 million people now being tested in one city in china? imagine being a person who lives in that city, a resident of wuhan. this is the first city to have a lockdown in the world. a very tough lockdown which even...

Was the time to convince more new yorkers to get vaccinated, if the threat was to be overcome. the proof of at least one jab will be phased in over the next few weeks. lets turn to china. the entire population of wuhan, where covid—19 was first detected in 2019 — will be tested for the virus as china battles its worst outbreak in months. mass testing is now underway in wuhan. just a handful of locally transmitted cases — 7 in total, have been recorded in wuhan for the first time in more th...

Called zhangjiajie, where there was a performance. then infected people have taken it on to other parts of the country, and itjust shows how fast the delta variant can spread. now, china, as people will know if theyve been following the coverage, adopts a policy of elimination, so it wont tolerate any outbreak if it can possibly help it. and so as a result there will be strict measures put in place to try and stop it, restrictions on peoples movements, mass testing, a requirement to show your he...

Check in with correspondents around the globe. >> reporter: this is kristie lu stout from hong kong. the delta variant is spreading across china. wednesday, beijing reported the first covid-19 case in six months. tens of thousands of residents are on lockdown. authorities scramble to control an outbreak in manjing. they confirmed the origin was a flight from russia. concern is also growing over a possible secondary cluster from a live show in hunan province. they say the beijing cases are linked...

Towards japan. fingers crossed that it won�*t make a direct hit on tokyo. there�*s confusion and growing criticism over the government�*s plans to allow some key workers in england — from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network — to take daily covid tests instead of self—isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs to be significantly expanded within days to tackle staff shortages. but there�*s still uncertainty about how that mass testing will be c...

There will be an olympic medal in there will be an olympic medal in the finals will be a enough motivation. theres confusion and growing criticism over the uk governments plans to allow some key workers in england — from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network — to take daily covid tests instead of self—isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs to be significantly expanded within days to tackle staff shortages. but theres still uncertainty about how that...

Times undoubtedly sad. when you saw the banks of empty seats, you heard the banks of empty seats, you heard the protests outside, it rather —— the protests outside, it rather —— the depleted parade of nations, there is no escaping that fact and i think organisers will be anxious that there was not any more athletes ruled out by testing positive, none of the big finals or names are affected or that it contributes to cases arising in the community. but despite all of that, as far as the or...

And in the us capital, washington, in spite of the 13—hour difference with japan, bars opened in the early morning for eager fans to watch the games kick off before some headed off to work. hopefully not too bleary—eyed. theres confusion and growing criticism over the uk governments plans to allow some key workers in england, from transport workers and police to those controlling the power network, to take daily covid tests instead of self—isolating. business leaders says the scheme needs ...

Events are not risk—free, but the mitigations could be put in place and this close working between public health and event organisers. but this research has helped to feed into those decisions to increase capacity. further events are due over the summer, so things like wembley... over the summer, so things like wembley- - -_ over the summer, so things like wemble ~ , ., wembley. .. wimbledon next week? wimbledon. — wembley. .. wimbledon next week? wimbledon, thats _ wembley. .. wimbledon nex...

With covid cases rising, the message is clear. get your vaccine. more than 16,000 people tested positive for the virus in the latest 24—hour period, the highest since february. and so the race is on to get adults double jabbed. whilst nhs england say progress is being made, and that more people from ethnic minority backgrounds are now booking theirjabs, there is still work to be done. with a weekend of walk—in appointments being planned to make getting the vaccine easier. it is never too lat...