After three days with no new coronavirus cases reported, New Zealand is allowing most businesses to reopen. The country has reported about 1,500 infections in total — and has tested over 200,000 people.
New Zealand is now at"alert level 2," meaning that"all businesses can open to customers if they can do it safely."New Zealand is now at"alert level 2," meaning that"all businesses can open to customers if they can do it safely."After three consecutive days with no new coronavirus cases reported, New Zealand allowed most businesses to reopen on Thursday.
The island country, which is home to nearly 5 million people, has been praised for its swift response to the spread of coronavirus. New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern has"We went hard and we went early. We got control of the virus, and now we're in a position where we can safely step out of those controls and open our economy back up," Ardern
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