New Zealand has marked an enviable milestone -- more than 100 days since its last coronavirus case was acquired locally from an unknown source.
. On June 8, when Ardern announced that all restrictions would be lifted, almost 40,000 tests in the previous 17 days hadn't yielded a single positive result.
Since June, the country has been almost back to normal -- and there hasn't been a need to return to lockdown. New Zealand also coupled the lockdown with tight border restrictions. Only citizens are allowed to enter the country, and they must spend two weeks in a government-approved facility. New Zealanders returning home will now be chargedhave been identified at the border, and 70 per cent of New Zealand's cases were either imported or imported-related cases, according to Ministry of Health statistics.
But just because face masks haven't been part of New Zealand's strategy in the past, doesn't mean that will be the case in the future. The Ministry of Health is"It's a matter of when, not if," Bloomfield
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