Covid 19 coronavirus: World Health Organization highlights success of New Zealand pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the steps New Zealand took to eliminate Covid-19 within its community.

In a four-minute video posted on social media, the WHO details how the country went from its first coronavirus case, on February 28, to the peak of new daily cases at 89, to successfully eliminate the virus in a matter of months. .

The video highlights New Zealand’s plan, including strict lockdown measures, isolation of positive cases and close contacts, as well as the country’s contact tracing method.

It features images of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s addresses to the nation, including the Level 4 closure announcement, as well as interviews with some of the nation’s leading experts, including Dr. Ashley Bloomfield.

Creepy footage of empty streets and highways plays in the background of Ardern detailing the blocking measures in the video, taking viewers back to a time when no one imagined having to live.

The video then shows the Bloomfield presser at 1pm on May 21, where it announces that there are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand.

The WHO highlights the clarity of New Zealand’s messages to the population, with the different Covid announcements in all media.

On June 8, 2020, New Zealand officially became Covid-19 free. The WHO video is played at the time Ardern made the announcement, admitting he had done “a little dance” when he heard the news.

According to the WHO, New Zealand acted quickly and followed the organization’s guidance on isolation and contact tracing, all of which were key to eliminating the virus.

While Covid-19 numbers continue to rise around the world, with many countries experiencing major resurgences and recording thousands of new cases daily, breaking new records each day, New Zealand continues to tackle small amounts of the virus, with mandatory quarantine for anyone who arrives in the country.

The head of the United Nations Antonio Guterres said today that the Covid-19 pandemic “is the greatest crisis of our time.”

In an online session of the World Health Summit, Guterres called for global solidarity in the global crisis and demanded that developed countries support health systems in resource-poor countries.

“No one is safe from Covid-19. No one is safe until we are all safe from it,” German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at the summit.

“Even those who conquer the virus within their own borders remain prisoners within these borders until it is conquered everywhere.”

More than 42 million have been infected with the virus and more than 1 million people have died from Covid worldwide.

Yesterday, New Zealand did not register any community cases and only one case in managed isolation.

Worldwide, more than half a million new coronavirus infections were recorded in a 24-hour period this weekend.