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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Zealand, With Its Covid-19 Outbreak Under Control, Is In Talks With Biden As U.S. Exceeds 12 Mil
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/11/23/new-zealand-with-its-covid-19-outbreak-under-control-is-in-talks-with-biden-as-us-exceeds-12-million-cases/amp/New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has been widely praised for steering one of the worlds most successful responses to Covid-19, on Monday revealed that she had put President-elect Joe Biden in contact with the nations health officials in efforts to share tactics on how to battle the devastating pandemic that has killed more than 256,000 Americans.
Ardern said at a press conference on Monday: I offered to him and his team access to New Zealand health officials in order to share their experience on things weve learnt on our Covid-19 journey, Reuters reported.
The offer came in the midst of the two leaders first meeting since Biden won the U.S. election, and as Bidens efforts to tackle the pandemic are being hampered at home by the Trump Administrations refusal to begin the transition.
New Zealand, which has successfully battled community transmission of Covid-19 among its population of nearly 5 million people, has recorded just 2,030 infections and 25 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Nope. We got nothing for you. Better hope that vaccine is effective.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)and work together with other countries to solve problems instead of monetizing and exploiting them for Trump's personal gain.
dsc
(52,166 posts)who had a way harder job (more densely populated, closer to China) but only very slightly worse results. Having experts from both of those places would be a good thing.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1 - Be an island nation.
2 - Have only about 5 million people.
3 - Close your border to anyone that doesn't live there.
4 - Do lots of testing.
5 - Trace anyone that is infected.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-19/new-zealand-closes-border-to-all-non-residents-in-historic-move
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-new-zealand-beat-coronavirus-testing-tracing-trust-in-government-2020-5?op=1
moonscape
(4,673 posts)with the Crazy Brigade to be really helpful.