Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern whites Tuesday President Trump
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Ardern called the claim “patent wrong” when he addressed reporters, claiming that the two countries were not similar in their handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I do not think there is a comparison between the current cluster of New Zealand and the tens of thousands of cases that are seen every day in the United States,” the prime minister said. “Obviously each country is experiencing its own battle with COVID-19. It is a troublesome virus, but not one where I would compare the current status of New Zealand with the United States.”
“We are still one of the best performing countries in the world when it comes to COVID,” Ardern added. “Our workers are focused on keeping it that way.”
Trump made his remarks at an event in Mankato, Mich., Saying New Zealand was experiencing an ‘excitement’ after Ardern announced a delay in the country’s elections by four weeks due to recent outbreaks in Auckland.
“The places they used to keep, they have a big turnout. And I do not want that, I do not want that. But they kept up names of countries, and now they say, ‘Whoops!’ “the president said Monday.
“Even as New Zealand, what’s going on in New Zealand?” he added. “They beat it, they beat it, it was like front page, ‘They beat it’, because they want to see me something. The problem is – big current in New Zealand. You know, it’s awful.”
On Monday, the day of Trump’s remarks, New Zealand registered nine new cases, compared to the US which confirmed nearly 42,000 new cases, NPR reported.
Overall, New Zealand has counted 1,643 COVID-19 cases and 22 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. has documented more than 5.4 million COVID-19 cases and more than 171,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
De tail digit in New Zealand the death toll is 0.45 per 100,000 people, while in the US the rate is 52 deaths per 100,000 people.
New Zealand was praised during the pandemic for its response and strict restrictions on coronavirus, after it held a maximum streak of 102 days without confirming a case until last week.
Four new cases have surfaced in Auckland, with the prime minister shutting down the area, forcing people to stay home from work and school and banning people from gathering in groups of more than nine people. New Zealand has 90 active COVID-19 cases.
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