in fact, we had an article on the front page of the communist party s school newspaper today with an official saying that this idea of living with covid should be rejected, calling for more of these mass isolation centres to be built, so it looks like that is the way, at least for the moment, that the chinese government is going to keep going. i think we can expect to see more mass lockdowns and it really is a big challenge for the chinese economy to stay afloat. south africa is deploying 10,000 soldiers to assist search and rescue efforts after mudslides killed 400 and 43 people and caused widespread damage to infrastructure. the weekends heavy rainfall has eased in kwazulu natal province on the country s east coast, but 63 people remain missing following the flood waters. some areas haven t had any official help yet, leaving residents to dig through the debris themselves. 0ur correspondent vumani mkhize has this report.
the booster shot, it is only 38%. it is too low if you want to be really easing off restrictions in those cities. some have asked why the government does not switch focus from this mass testing and centralised mass isolation towards a big push on getting those boosters done, but the government is not showing that it is going to change tack. in fact, we had an article on the front page of the communist party s school newspaper today with an official saying that this idea of living with covid should be rejected, calling for more of these mass isolation centres to be built, so it looks like that is the way, at least for the moment, that the chinese government is going to keep going. i think we can expect to see more mass lockdowns and it really
but beijing appears intent on sticking with it s current strategy. some have asked why the government doesn t switch the government doesn t switch focus from this mass testing and centralised mass isolation towards a big push on getting those boosters done, but the government is not showing that it s going to change tack with an official saying that this idea of living with covid should be rejected, calling for more of these mass isolation centres to be built, so it looks like that is the way, at least for the moment, the chinese government is going to keep going. i think we can expect to see more mass lockdowns and it really is a big challenge for the chinese economy to stay afloat. sarah shoejoins me now, she s ceo of fintech startup china rising capital forecast. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me.