Eliminating coronavirus in the community was something most health experts thought was impossible, but New Zealand just did it. This is how.
Modelling showed the highly contagious COVID-19 had the potential to infect 60 per cent of the world’s population within one to two years if left unchecked.
Numbers quickly grew and although most infections were imported – people returning from overseas – there were a number of instances of community transmission.New Zealand made a drastic decision to place the country in total lockdown for four weeks in a bid to stop coronavirus – and it worked. Picture: Getty ImagesSchools across New Zealand closed for four weeks, seeing kids learn remotely from home.
The country also entirely shut its international border – an unprecedented step that Australia eventually mirrored. On Monday night, New Zealand will step down to level one, bringing an end to all restrictions related to the pandemic.
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