New Zealand has now pushed down the curve, although some residents fear global isolation as border restrictions remain firmly in place.
As nations around the world struggle to flatten the coronavirus curve, some have been able to keep numbers of new infections down and health services running, allowing themselves to gradually open up.At the time New Zealand had only 205 cases of Covid-19 and no deaths, but the government implemented one of the strictest lockdowns in the world – fully closing the country’s borders to non nationals, while only permitting residents to leave their homes for essential reasons.
In January, Vietnamese authorities implemented drastic measures to thwart expected coronavirus outbreaks, months before other countries acted. The borders were closed, schools were shuttered, and robust health checks were undertaken in vulnerable places. Contract tracing and testing were rolled out for people not showing symptoms. This all went hand in hand with multimedia public service campaigns.Iceland started with one of the highest infection rates in Europe – 513 cases per 100,000 people.
Iceland’s screening and contact tracing system has been so efficient that it now boasts one of the lowest virus death rates in the world: 3 per 100,000 people.
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