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Weve had the same number of pcr and antigen tests in the same period. the lockdown is tightening. anderson, you have fences going up. people in some parts of the city being caged in. more roads being barricaded this week. there are no real signs of any easing of this lockdown, and even when the government now tries to reassure that there is a road map out of this, people are no longer buying it. anderson, there is a major credibility issue with officials now. >> so, wait, can you leave your hous...

Officials because this is the city we are talking about. it is only 50 kilometers from beijing, the capital, and a lot of people commute between the two cities. and in beijing, meanwhile, officials there are trying to quash this outbreak as early as possible in order to avoid the failure and the chaos that we saw in shanghai. already beijing is in a partial lockdown. and whether or not that becomes a city-wide full lockdown depends on how many cases are reported as a result of the mass testing. ...

A lockdown like shanghai because of a small but growing covid outbreak in the chinese capitol. heres more. >> reporter: another day of mass testing for millions here in beijing. there will be three rounds of it for most districts before the end of the week to control these small outbreaks. there is a lot of anxiety here that a lockdown may be coming. thats triggered panic buying at supermarkets where some store shelves were stripped bare, despite assurances from the city that they do have enough...

Covid rules keeping schiano at a standstill, covid is still rampant. more than 21,000 cases added saturday and 39 deaths and now lockdown fears spreading in beijing authorities announcing mass testing triggering panic buying at stores with most items wiped from shelves and long lines of people anxious to stock up weary of the chaos that shortage cause inside schiano captured in audio recordings that went viral across social media this this weekend. there aint no water, no food, says a man. censo...

To go to a centralised quarantine centre, almost 17,000 today. that would seem to indicate that its going to take some time for that city to get back to zero infections, to enable them to lift the lockdown. and its fears of this type of extended lockdown where maybe for months on end people are having to stay in their homes, that is what is fuelling concerns in beijing. i suppose some will be hoping that this mass testing might narrow down the areas of infection in the city and they possibly won...

This man said, adding _ that it is impossible not to panic. he showed us his shopping list, disinfectant, soap, vegetables, milk and the like. but a woman said that she has not stocked up on food at all because she thinks that the situation here will not become like that in shanghai. the extent to which this city is to be locked down, will depend on the results of mass testing over the coming days. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. the government says it will implement the recommendations of ...

Overall thing and they say some 23% having difficulty, up from 17% last november or if you look at housing costs specifically, rent and mortgage, those responsible for that, about 30% of them are having difficulty. we only have 3% so far saying that they are behind, which really matters, because that is when you are in jeopardy of repossession, so, so far, that figure is relatively subdued but you have to bearin relatively subdued but you have to bear in mind we have that additional height of 54...

Or cancelled flights. in china, the capital beijing has kicked off mass testing for millions of people, after a sharp rise in covid cases. long queues formed outside supermarkets and shops, despite government assurances, over food supplies. there are fears there could be a lockdown in the capital lasting weeks, as is happening in shanghai. stephen mcdonell, has more details. beijing residents rush to buy food and other provisions. there is fear that the capital could be locked down, like shangha...

But when you go to the booster shots, its only 38% of people over the age of 60. well, a lot of health professionals are going to say thats not enough, it needs to be much higher. and so some have been asking why the government is still pursuing this strategy of mass isolation, mass testing, closing down cities, in shanghai, locking down 25 million people, instead of pursuing the core problem at this stage, which is the lack of booster shots. nearly a50 people have died in devastating floods in ...

Asking, how can that be? but if you look at these three cases, two women aged 89 and 91, and a man aged 91, we are told none of them had been vaccinated and as i say, they all had underlying health problems. but this question of vaccination is interesting because some new figures have come out and it does seem to show that china really has dropped the ball when it comes to booster shots. so take those in shanghai over the age of 60. we had 62% have had their third shot. 62% have had their third ...