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exceptional protection from the vaccines but you have the opportunity to make the personal choice to add extra layers of protection if you so choose. florida is leading the u.s. in new daily coronavirus cases. racking up an average of nearly 6500 new infections a day. it is the current u.s. hot spot. but if you listen to the state's governor, who has played down the pandemic since the beginning, it is just a season of illness. and he is shooting down any suggestion that there will be any rockefellerlockdowns or mas. >> if anyone is calling for lockdowns, you are not getting that done in florida. >> reporter: governor desantis refusing to back down from his conviction that he is successfully handling covid in his state. >> i have a 3-year-old son and you have people like fauci saying that he should be muzzled, throwing masks on these 3-year-old kids. that is totally unacceptable. >> reporter: the state is.
be just like new york. wait, florida will be next, just like italy. hel hell, we're eight weeks away from that and it hasn't happened. and so we've succeeded and i don't think people want to recognize it. >> reporter: a little less than 10 weeks after that press conference, florida became a global covid epicenter, only california with its larger population recorded more cases at the time. so while desantis is encouraging vaccines, he is continuing to push back on masks and dr. fauci. his political operation is selling merchandise that reads don't fauci my florida and how can i drink a beer with my mask on. right now about 49% of florida residents are vaccinated and the state is recording the most deaths in the country this month. yet desantis stands firm. >> we've never had any mandates in the state of florida and well not have any mandates. >> reporter: and he was met with
different type of disaster, putting constant pressure on japan to battle rising infections and to get vaccines into arms as fast as possible. >> translator: the coronavirus cases may rise or fall. so we will think about what we should do when the situation arises. >> reporter: canceling the olympics at this point seems inconceivable. but there is one thing dr. zuka does appear about. >> translator: i think that japan could be rated a "c" for its measure against covid-19. >> reporter: while there are 400 icu beds in tokyo, only half are available for covid-19 patients. that combined with the rising number of cases and hospital sa izations doesn't leave a lot of room for a surge in a city of 14 million. is there a criteria by which you would start to become concerned? >> mostly what we look at is changes this pattern. so if we started to see infection in people who weren't part of close contact groups, if
available. the white house also providing more resources to increase vaccination rates. the administration will inject $100 million into rural health clinics to support vaccine education and outreach efforts. as well as $1.6 billion into testing and mitigation measures. the white house covid-19 response coordinator said he is confident about the vaccines despite breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals. >> we will see some cases among those who are vaccinated as to be expected with any vaccine, these cases are generally mild and oftentimes asymptomatic, which is just more proof that the vaccines work. >> the rise of the delta variant has left many people wondering if the u.s. could head for another lockdown just as we've seen in many other countries. dr. anthony fauci told cbs news that it is not something that he
clear they�* re number of positive cases. it is clear they're going to increase over the next few weeks also the government is prepared for 100,000 positive cases some days to be recorded, you have seen the government's message change slightly from getting to a point where we lift all restrictions to, yes, but you've got to be really cautious when we lift those restrictions. you heard robertjenrick a couple of weeks ago — talking about not wearing a face covering when not required to do so for some now he is talking about wearing a face covering when in crowded places or coming into contact with people in close parks and many who would not normally see, so that message has been nuanced. i suppose one of the questions some in the opposition parties will be asking is whether some of the messaging has been damaged today by the fact that initially the prime minister in the chancellor were not intending to self—isolate despite being in close contact with someone who had tested positive for covid. now the fact
they are due to play their opening match on thursday. but are there more cases? earlier on, olympic officials reported the first infections among competitors staying at the village, but didn't make clear if they were referring to the south africans. team gb has confirmed that six athletes and two coaches from the athletics team have been forced to isolate as they were identified as close contacts. all eight team members have tested negative. for more on the situation, here's dan orlowitz, sports journalist for the japan times. the particles are different for each discipline, for each competition, but the efforts are being made as much as possible to ensure that metals are not awarded by default. —— the protocols. if an athlete has to miss his or her competition because of a positive covid test, their spot in the final or semifinal would go to the next best place
anger here in afghanistan, feeding into, as you say, an already tense relationship with the two countries. in the last few hours, the afghan foreign ministry has announced that it's recalling all senior afghan diplomats from pakistan, it says, until their security concerns are addressed, including putting on trial those responsible for this incident. the pakistani foreign ministry has responded, saying that that decision is regrettable. it points out that prime minister imran khan has ordered all resources be utilised to apprehend those who are responsible and also ordered security for afghan diplomats in pakistan to be beefed up. just want to bring you right on covid issues. —— right up to date on. 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,
athlete — for example — and every thing would roll up, but officials are hoping there will not be any cases of that when the condition starts. these games have never been over womanly popular since the start of the pandemic. public opinion has been pretty equally split between hosting, postponing or cancelling, so there hasn't been a clear consensus, but we are seeing over the next, because few days is a growing feeling of anger of the public, especially in light of ioc president thomas bock�*s comments. he seems quite tone deaf to the concerns of the japanese public. concerns of the japanese there seems quite tone deaf to the concerns of the japanese there is a lot of anxiety, a lot of nervousness. the question never means whether these are a few i cited cases or if this is the start of something bigger. —— a few isolated cases. afghan peace talks have continued
response to covid are going to be spending time at home. the prime minister, the health secretary and the chancellor, the civil is him of thatis the chancellor, the civil is him of that is huge. some have dubbed this a day where freedom returns. it will for these three ministers, because they will be self isolating, it is worth pondering on the fact that tomorrow in england, all legal resources are lifted apart from one, which is the legal requirement to stay—at—home if you're contacted by test and trace. find stay-at-home if you're contacted by test and trace.— test and trace. and all through boris johnson _ test and trace. and all through boris johnson was _ test and trace. and all through boris johnson was saying - test and trace. and all through boris johnson was saying that l test and trace. and all through i boris johnson was saying that this borisjohnson was saying that this change tomorrow, it needs to be cautious and irreversible, but we have heard a lot less of that word, he reversible, and the fear is that there's a lot of talk now that we may potentially later on the year put more instructions.— may potentially later on the year put more instructions. there's a lot of nervousness, _ put more instructions. there's a lot of nervousness, and _ put more instructions. there's a lot of nervousness, and you _ put more instructions. there's a lot of nervousness, and you heard - put more instructions. there's a lot. of nervousness, and you heard some of nervousness, and you heard some of it injesse's piece there from neil ferguson about not being clearly sure how high hospitalisations may go in the number of positive cases. it is
israel has recorded a four—month high in new daily coronavirus cases, going from nearly none 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. i am here today to go back to regular life and to say enough to coronavirus.