New Zealand passes 100 days with no new local cases of COVID/coronavirus

[SiliconValley_Dem]

There are currently just over 20 confirmed positive who are in quarantine upon arrival back in NZ, but ZERO community spread.

Some here have scoffed and said that would be easy for an island nation. Actually, check Japan.

New Zealand normally has a lot of travel to and from Australia which has seen increases in their cases recently.

Many arrivals come by plane from all over the world. They have a global economy which relies on imports/exports.

The point is--it literally is not their geography--it is their public policy which has accomplished this.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-zealand-coronavirus-100-days-no-new-cases/

[Sympthsical]

1. They are verrrrry strict about what and whom comes into their country

Not a knock on their policy, which is phenomenal. But they were much better situated to enact their excellent policies because they've been pretty much doing it for years to no minor degree.

I was there a few years ago (lovely country), and I remember I had an apple from the plane trip. Newp. Right in the trash before you even make it to customs. Their ecosystem is very delicate and unique, and they watch it like a hawk.

Of course, their citizens also took it seriously, as did their government right away. Who'd have thought, a competent, responsive government can nip these things in the bud.

I'm also a big fan of Jacinda Ardern, their prime minister. When that mosque shooting happened, she did not fuck around.