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posted by martyb on Thursday June 11 2020, @12:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-can-the-rest-of-us-learn-from-this? dept.

New Zealand lifts lockdown as last coronavirus patient recovers:

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will lift its coronavirus lockdown allowing a return to a nearly normal life for the country's five million people, as health officials reported that the final person known to have contracted the infection had recovered.

Making the announcement at a news conference on Monday, Ardern said the government would not let down its guard over the virus and promised to rebuild an economy that has slowed because of the global pandemic.

[...] It has been 17 days since the last new case was reported in New Zealand, and Monday also marked the first time since late February that there have been no active cases.

[...] Officials were eager to stress that the coronavirus remained a concern given the growth of cases elsewhere in the world. Borders would remain closed, Ardern said, describing them as the "first line of defence". Only citizens and residents, with some exceptions, are currently allowed into the country.

[...] Elimination did not mean eradicating the virus permanently from New Zealand, but eliminating "chains of transmission" for at least 28 consecutive days after the last infected person left isolation, which would be on June 15, the ministry said.

[...] Experts say a number of factors have helped the nation wipe out the disease, including its isolated location, along with leadership shown by the prime minister, who imposed a strict lockdown early on during the outbreak.


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday June 11 2020, @02:50AM (2 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday June 11 2020, @02:50AM (#1006141)

    What's wrong with Sweden...

    Apart from the fact they fucked up their Covid-19 response, nothing. [stuff.co.nz]

    Sweden's top epidemiologist says more should have been done in his country to tackle Covid-19 at the start of the outbreak, in order to keep the death rate down.

    So that's the guy who planned it admitting he got it wrong.

    At 43 deaths per 100,000, Sweden's death rate is among the highest globally and far exceeds that of neighbouring Denmark and Norway, which imposed much tougher lockdowns at the outset of the pandemic.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @11:18AM (#1006233)

    No, that's the guy who was ignored, because politicians, finance scum, lobbyists etc didn't like the recommendations. And it was all over the political spectrum, but for different reasons.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @02:08AM (#1006727)

    Apart from the fact they fucked up their Covid-19 response, nothing.

    You in mass-imprisonment countries and your mainstream media truly suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. Desperate to justify your government's fuckups when Sweden, with its minimal restrictions, only has a 5% additional death load due to Covid when compared to the previous non-Covid year total deaths.