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From celebration to dismay: the week Covid-19 re-emerged in New Zealand
Gaps in the country’s coronavirus defences have taken the shine off its triumphant storyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt had been a triumphant story of national unity and political leadership combining to vanquish a virus that still plagues most nations on the planet. But just a week after New Zealanders celebrated having rid the country of Covid-19 and the government lifted all restrictions on daily life except controls on entering the country, the one vulnerability in its defences – its borders – was dramatically laid bare.The failure to test returning travellers before they left quarantine, and reports of slipshod standards at the hotels where they are placed in government-managed isolation, threatened political fallout for Jacinda Ardern’s government, which was heralded worldwide for having flattened the Covid-19 infection curve with a swift, early lockdown of the country. Continue reading...
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