but they are not spare capacity, and he said it would be powerless to rely on the defence forces to do these things is the ultimate backstop. these things is the ultimate backsto -. ., ~ these things is the ultimate backst0p- these things is the ultimate backsto. ., ~ , . china is seeing a sharp rise in positive covid cases, just ten days after suddenly easing its strict lockdown measures following a wave of protests, with the capital beijing being one of the worst affected areas. in china s largest city, shanghai, officials have ordered most of its schools to take classes online, as covid cases soar. 0ur reporter, ijeoma ndukwe, reports. cars bearing the dead line the driveway of this crematorium assigned for covid 19 deaths. it is among dozens of such facilities across the capital, beijing, struggling to meet a spike in demand days after china began to relax its pandemic protocols. workers and drivers at funeral homes have been calling in sick, as the disease spreads