Flash Briefing: Crypto bloodbath - why China cracked down; half of all Covid patients die in SA intensive care

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* The cryptocurrency market nursed its wounds Friday after a week of pain triggered by a Chinese regulatory warning shot, forced selling and a possible U.S. tax clampdown.
* The death rate in the month after admission to intensive care is about 48% on the continent, compared with about 32% globally, according to a report published this week in The Lancet.
* Cybersecurity company McAfee has warned that an increasingly high number of questionable COVID-19 vaccines and illicit proof of vaccination cards are being sold on the dark web.
* One of South Africa’s political heroines in the fight against corruption has stepped away from politics. The DA’s former shadow minister of communications, Phumzile van Damme, played a key role in exposing state capture in the Jacob Zuma era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 May 2021 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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