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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, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday June 11 2020, @02:59AM (12 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday June 11 2020, @02:59AM (#1006147)

    Yeah, American conservatives are weird.

    I'm going to the pub on Saturday, and the rugby on Sunday safe in the knowledge I won't get sick because our government is sane, and we more or less trust the advice we were given.

    Meanwhile they're frothing at the mouth ranting about their rights, and how some country they had never heard of before last Tuesday didn't do what we did and got better.

    Even if that turns out to be a lie

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  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:23AM (8 children)

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:23AM (#1006155)

    ...I'm going to the pub on Saturday, and the rugby on Sunday safe in the knowledge I won't get sick because our government is sane, and we more or less trust the advice we were given...

    Can we swap? You can have her back next year, promise.

    Or the year after...

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
    • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:40AM (7 children)

      by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:40AM (#1006158)

      Dunno.

      I went to a wife swap thing once. I got a socket set and a stereo for mine.

      Is it a bit like that?

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday June 11 2020, @04:29AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 11 2020, @04:29AM (#1006169) Journal

        Is it a bit like that?

        I don't think so. It looks like you'd have to take her back after a time.

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      • (Score: 4, Funny) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday June 11 2020, @04:38AM (4 children)

        by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Thursday June 11 2020, @04:38AM (#1006172)

        Sort of.

        We get Jacinta, you get Scott and a rusty Commodore (we'll pay for the petrol and shipping). After a year (or two) Jacinta goes home and we get the Commodore back.

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        It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
        • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:40AM (2 children)

          by coolgopher (1157) on Thursday June 11 2020, @05:40AM (#1006189)

          If that's not good enough, we can throw in a Dutton too.

        • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:55PM

          by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:55PM (#1006559)

          Tell you what.

          Build us a copy of the MCG in Auckland, then give us 5 AFL games every season for 10 years. I'll be the only one watching, but this is all about ME.

          We'll keep Scott and whatshisname, we've got kiwifruit to pick and someones got to do it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:23AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @07:23AM (#1006204)

    they had never heard of before last Tuesday

    When I went to a nearby private school for a meeting , the map on the wall in the room we met in didn't have New Zealand on it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:24AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @10:24AM (#1006228)

      No great loss tbf

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @07:17AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 12 2020, @07:17AM (#1006788)

      NZ - out of sight, out of mind?
      The best I have seen is a world map displayed on the front of a NZ business in a large city - with NZ missing. Talk about self-triggering (as this is a "sore point" with Kiwis).