There have been no new cases of the coronavirus due to community transfer in New Zealand in 100 days, reported the Ministry of People of the country on Sunday. The news came the same weekend that the United States was crossing 5 million confirmed cases of the disease, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
The Director-General of New Zealand of Public Health, Dr. Ashley Bloomfield, thanks those who are testing and the people who do the testing for their contribution to the success. However, Bloomfield said the country could not become independent amid the pandemic.
“Achieving 100 days without community transmission is a major milestone. However, as we all know, we can not pay to be self-sufficient,” Bloomfield said in a Ministry of Health news release. “We have seen abroad how quickly the virus can reappear and spread in places where it was previously under control, and we must be ready to put out all future cases in New Zealand soon.”
There have been 1,219 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, according to the release of the Ministry of Public Health. There are currently 23 people who have reported active cases of the disease in managed isolation facilities, the release outlines.
The country has reported a small number of new cases of the coronavirus in people entering the country from other locations, according to releases from the Ministry of Public Health. The New Zealand border is closed to almost all travelers, with some exceptions, according to the country’s immigration location.
The country declared a state of emergency and went into lockdown on March 25.
In let april, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country had “won” the fight against widespread coronavirus community transmission for the time being. By June 8th, New Zealand was found to have completely destroyed the disease after health officials said the last known infected person had been recovered by that time.
New Zealand has been at Alert Level 1 since June 8 – which states that the disease is contained in the country but “uncontrolled overseas”, according to its coronavirus site.
Under Alert Level 1, schools and workplaces are allowed to open and there are no restrictions on meetings or domestic travel. People are encouraged to keep a record of where they have been, to stay home when they feel sick and to wash their hands, as well as to maintain other basic hygiene practices. Organizers of events, workplaces and services are “encouraged” to keep records to enable contact tracking.
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