Can we have a clone of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yet? Please??
? In short, they buckled down hard. The nation announced strict bans on travel early in the pandemic. They enforced two-week quarantines for anyone crossing their borders. They launched widespread, efficient testing nearly at the onset. They shut down virtually all public facilities. And Ardern kept an honest and open dialogue with citizens.
While detractors poked fun at Ardern for creating a “nanny state,” the numbers speak for themselves. She managed to not just flatten the curve, but crush it. Now that New Zealand can ease up a bit on social restrictions, businesses will be allowed to remain open with some caveats. Schools can reopen at limited capacity. Low-risk recreational activities, such as swimming, may resume.
If cases started to increase again, Ardern says New Zealand will once again do what they need to do to stamp out the spread. For now, though, there is “no widespread undetected community transmission in New Zealand.” As she put it, “We have won that battle.”
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