New Zealand says it's free of coronavirus

New Zealand says its free of coronavirus
Date: 8.6.2020 14:00

Country, which imposed strict lockdown to counter highly-infectious virus, says it has no active cases and no new cases.

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New Zealand's Health Ministry says the country, which implemented one of the toughest lockdowns anywhere in the world, no longer has any active cases of coronavirus. The last case of the disease was reported on May 22. 
 
Pakistan's coronavirus cases have crossed the 100,000 mark after 4,728 new infections were reported on Sunday.
 
Coronavirus restrictions are being relaxed in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, as well as in India. New York is also due to begin emerging from its lockdown on Monday.
 
More than 7 million people around the world have now been confirmed to have coronavirus with nearly 403,000 dying from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The US, the UK and Brazil have recorded the highest death tolls.
 
New Zealand to lift last COVID-19 curbs at midnight, borders stay closed
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is speaking now.
 
She has announced that New Zealand will lift its last remaining restrictions to curb the coronavirus at midnight (12:00 GMT) when the country will return to Level 1 on its four level system of alerts.
 
Ardern said New Zealand had introduced a strict lockdown 75 days ago with the aim of getting to a level "where life feels as normal as it can in the midst of a global pandemic. Today, I can announce that cabinet has agreed we can now move to Level 1."
 
International borders will remain closed given the challenge of COVID-19 around the world. 
 
"There's no denying this is a milestone," Ardern said. "Thank you, New Zealand."

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