In New Zealand, Life Is Ordinary Again After 101 Days With No Community Spread

[Nevilledog]

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/10/900882499/in-new-zealand-life-is-ordinary-again-after-101-days-with-no-community-spread

New Zealand has now gone 101 days without any community transmission of the coronavirus, and life in the country has largely returned to normal – an experience far different from the havoc that the virus is causing elsewhere in the world.

"Achieving 100 days without community transmission is a significant milestone, however, as we all know, we can't afford to be complacent," Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, New Zealand's director-general of health, said in a statement Sunday.

"We have seen overseas how quickly the virus can re-emerge and spread in places where it was previously under control, and we need to be prepared to quickly stamp out any future cases in New Zealand," he continued. "Every person in the team of 5 million has a role to play in this."

On Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, called New Zealand "a global exemplar."

How has New Zealand been so successful? Experts point to its quick work in isolating any cases that emerged.

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[LakeArenal]

1. Something g to hope for. It can be done.

Of course a woman runs New Zealand!!

[jimfields33]

3. They just had 4 positives.

It was on DU this morning.

[Kingofalldems]

6. And Trump is responsible for 163,00 deaths and counting.

How many deaths in New Zealand?

[jimfields33]

7. No idea!

Wow. Where have you been. Miss seeing you u reply to every post I write: glad your back to replying. I’ve got three more ready and waiting for your replies.

[LisaL]

2. Hah. Covid is sneaky.

"New Zealand has reintroduced coronavirus restrictions in parts of the country after new locally transmitted cases broke the 102-day streak the country had gone without recording a local infection."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/world/new-zealand-restrictions-intl-scli/index.html

[abqtommy]

4. I also read about the immediate response by the government/people in New Zealand. That's

something I wish we had here in the "greatest/most winning" US... New Zealand is not a failure...

[DrToast]

5. All these news stories jinxed it

[Blue_true]

8. They just had a family contact it.

The family didn’t travel or have contact with people that have it and are in isolation. The largest city in the country is headed for a three day lockdown. The Health Minister believes that other unknown people have been exposed, they are looking for those people.