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Swift and decisive action against Covid-19 has led New Zealand to be ranked as the best place in the world during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Woman with face mask in Auckland (file image). Source: istock.com
It placed New Zealand above 53 other countries by rating economies of more than $ 200 billion on 10 key metrics based on how the pandemic has affected each country.
“New Zealanders basically live in a world without Covid,” says the report, attributing the success to the rapid response of the New Zealand government.
“The small island nation was closed on March 26 before a single Covid-related death occurred, closing its borders despite the economy’s heavy reliance on tourism.
“The nation has seen only a handful of infections in the community in recent months, and live music and large-scale social events are back.”
He says that while New Zealand’s tourism industries are suffering, the country is well positioned for a vaccine with two supply agreements in place.
Japan and Taiwan also emerged as the top performers.
Japan ranked second with only 331 severe cases of Covid-19 in a population of more than 120 million people.
According to the Bloomberg report, Japan was praised for avoiding deaths while having the oldest population in the world, in addition to reaching four vaccine agreements.
Third is Taiwan, which has had no local transmission for more than 200 days.
“As in New Zealand, life has largely returned to normal, although the borders remain closed.”
Taiwan was praised for implementing apps that track the places people with Covid-19 have visited and provide information on where to get face masks.
