New Zealand Eliminates Covid-19 With Zero Active Cases Reported

Extracted from Bloomerbg

New Zealand reported zero active cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic reached its shores, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus.

- The last of its corona virus patients has recovered.

- Prime Minister Jacinda Arden is expected to announce a lifting of all remaining restrictions on people and business - -other than strict border controls to keep the virus out- -paving the way for a resumption of normal life.

- New Zealand enforced one of the strict lockdowns in the world. The seven-week lockdown ended May 14.

- The closed border is taking a heavy toll on the tourism sector, which was the nation’s biggest source of foreign exchange earnings before the pandemic.

- There has also been criticism that New Zealand’s response to the virus was too extreme, as neighboring Australia appears to have achieved similar results with less stringent measures.

日本語

ニュージーランドはコロナウィルスに打ち勝った！

・最後のコロナウィルス患者が回復し、新しいケースも連日確認されないことから、政府は一部国境規制を除くすべての規制を解除した。

・同国は、世界でも稀なほど強力なロックダウンを布いた。

・しかしながら、ニュージーランドよりも緩い規制で同様の結果をもたらした国がある。隣国のオーストラリアである。

・旅行産業が大半を占めるニュージーランドでは、未だ旅行業界の売り上げに暗い影を落としている。