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How New Zealand Eradicated COVID-19 Before the Rest of the World
Or the reason Jacinda Ardern is so loved among her constituents
While the rest of the world is battling the novel coronavirus, New Zealand’s case count was at zero as of June 8, 2020. Ashley Bloomfield, the country’s Director-General of Health, said she was smiling as she saw the country’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, dancing around her living room and celebrating this milestone.
However, the picture is very different for many other countries around the globe. The United States, Russia and Brazil are topping the list of worst-hit nations, with many others such as The United Kingdom, Italy and India doing pretty badly as well. We are still experiencing the very first wave of COVID-19, and people are predicting the second wave coming soon.
What did New Zealand do differently? How did they manage to the pandemic, which brought the world to its knees in a matter of months?
