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Covid 19 coronavirus: Washington Post - New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve, it's squashing it'
New Zealand's cautious optimism over its battle against coronavirus is now front and centre of the world, with the influential Washington Post reporting "a triumph of science and leadership".
Under the headline, "New Zealand isn't just flattening the curve. It's squashing it", Post journalist and Kiwi Anna Fifield has outlined the political, social and health measures taken by the Government over the past month - including the level 4 lockdown and the early success indicators.
Fifield, the newspaper's Beijing bureau chief who is back in New Zealand for a time, reported a "a group of influential New Zealanders" had urged Jacinda Ardern to move to level 4 soon after the Government announced the new alert system………./
he Washington Post piece reports on the "collective purpose" of New Zealand, as it tackles the pandemic - from the halls of power, where National has said it won't be campaigning on the Government's response, to the person on the street who is able to dob in any breaches of the lockdown.
It also praises Ardern's approach and reports on incidents such as Health Minister David Clark's lockdown breaches.
"From the earliest stages, Ardern and her team have spoken in simple language: Stay home. Don't have contact without anyone outside your household 'bubble.' Be kind. We're all in this together," wrote Fifield.
Otago University Professor Michael Baker told the Post the lockdown and response were "a triumph of science and leadership".
"Jacinda approached this decisively and unequivocally and faced the threat," Baker told the Post. "Other countries have had a gradual ramp-up, but our approach is exactly the opposite."
New Zealand had not only tried to flatten the curve but stamp it out entirely, he said.
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