New Zealand eliminates coronavirus with zero active cases reported

WELLINGTON - New Zealand reported zero active cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic reached its shores, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus.

New Zealand pursued an explicit elimination strategy rather than seeking to merely suppress transmission of the virus. It enforced one of the strictest lockdowns in the world, asking everyone to stay at home and allowing only essential services to operate. While this has almost certainly triggered a deep recession, the government says elimination of the virus should allow the economy to recover more rapidly than many of its peers.

MASTERCLASS Ms Ardern's masterclass in crisis management has won her praise at home and abroad. Support for the prime minister and her Labour Party surged in recent opinion polls, forcing the main opposition party to replace its leader less than four months out from a general election. There has also been criticism that New Zealand's response to the virus was too extreme, as neighbouring Australia appears to have achieved similar results with less stringent measures. During its lockdown it allowed more industries to continue operating, such as construction, and consumers were still able to get a haircut or buy a takeaway meal, keeping many workers on lower incomes employed.

Thats a good news, at least they flatten the curve in their country, I hope other countries will follow too, so that going back to normal. 🙏

Great show. Happy atleast 1 place has battled it so well and plp have co-operated too. 👏👏👏

New Zealand monitor its border to foreigners very closely. Thats the way it should be.

Well done and shame on you-know-who

Thaw how to do it - well done NZ 👍💪

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