SA actuary in China tells Alec Hogg: There's light at end of Covid-19 tunnel. LISTEN!

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For clues on how the Covid-19 pandemic ends, look at China where society is normalising and business is getting back on track. As the World Health Organisation reports about 640,000 confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus and about 30,000 deaths around the world, the country where it all started is showing signs that that the speed at which the disease is spreading is slowing. South African actuary Alain Peddle, Deputy CEO of Ping An Health, a China-based health insurer owned by South Africa's Discovery group, spoke to BizNews editor-in-chief Alec Hogg from Shanghai about what it is like living through lockdown. He says that, in China, the light at the end of the dark Covid-19 tunnel can be seen. There are still social controls, for example regular temperature checks at building entry points. But the extreme part of the containment lasted from about 23 January to 10 February. So, in just over three weeks, China re-started its economy. - Jackie Cameron Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Mar 2020 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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