New Zealand has eliminated COVID-19. Here’s how they’re keeping it that way.
Park equipment closed down in New Zealand to help stop the spread of COVID-19. (Unsplash/)States around the country—and countries around the world—are working on reopening social and economic activity while still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean we’re ready to revert back to life as usual. Epidemiologists are still unsure of when the world will return to normal. Here are some key pieces of COVID-19 news you may have missed this week. New Zealand has no active cases of the novel coronavirusThe last confirmed COVID-19 patient in New Zealand left the hospital 12 days ago. Since then, the country has kept a watchful eye to see if any new cases would pop up. With much relief, on Monday, health officials announced that, for now, the novel coronavirus has been eliminated in New Zealand.After extremely strict lockdown measures went into place in mid-March, which many credit for the...