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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 11 2020, @03:04AM
First the stats:
In year 2018, 92k people died in Sweden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sweden).
This year, 4700 people or so will die of Covid-19 in Sweden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_in_Sweden).
That's 5% of all deaths, so a public health concern, but not the end of the world.
Who cares whether they were immigrants? Treat them, and if you don't have sufficient resources then address that as best as you can (without imprisoning the population).
That was the entire point of Sweden's policy, to not force life to cease like was done in other countries. Social distancing is inhumane, good on the immigrants for retaining their humanity in the face of mass panic and idiocy.
Anything the Democrats don't like is identified with Hitler, eugenics etc. Literally. But Trump spouted off some uninformed comments on Sweden's handling of Covid-19 too.