causes being turned away. in at least one case a local nurse died because of this. and then of course the city has to -- the country's oldest population among all major cities. that's another concern because that's a segment of the population undervaccinated. all of this of course is happening in shanghai but it's being decided here in beijing but seems at least for now the leadership here is not ready to change course when it comes to its zero covid policy because it's been working for them politically and not to mention the top priority is that communist party congress we've been talking for so much this year. they simply don't want to tolerate the scenario of co..id cases across china as xi jinping is expected to take his third term in office. rosemary? >> steven jiang brings us up to date with that live report from beijing. many thanks. well, a former nba star is trying to boost africa's economy through his coffee company and investment in a basketball league called nba africa.