COVID-19: New Zealand declared coronavirus-free, to lift all restrictions
- New Zealand is now coronavirus-free, the country's health ministry has declared
- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says coronavirus restrictions will be lifted from Tuesday, June 9
- As it stands, the country has no active case of the deadly disease
New Zealand's health ministry has declared the country free of COVID-19, joining other countries that have already done the same.
According to Reuters, New Zealand has no active case of the deadly disease for the first time since February 28.
Legit.ng gathers that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country will lift all coronavirus measures from Tuesday, June 9.
Arden said: “While the job is not done, there is no denying this is a milestone ... Thank you, New Zealand.
“We are confident we have eliminated transmission of the virus in New Zealand for now, but elimination is not a point in time, it is a sustained effort.”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Mauritius had declared that it is officially free of the deadly coronavirus that has taken the world by storm, becoming the second African country to declare virus-free status after infection.
According to the island nation’s official COVID-19 page, 322 people had recovered out of the 332 confirmed cases so far. 10 people have since died.
May 11 marked the fifteenth consecutive day that the no-new-case was recorded in the country.
A lockdown, however, remains in place to contain the possible spread of the virus.
Weeks ago, Mauritania declared itself coronavirus-free after six coronavirus patients recovered and left the hospital, while one person succumbed to the virus.
In other news, a Ghanaian lady identified as Maame Fosua Fosua has recounted her experience after her long-time boyfriend dumped her to marry another lady.
In a post on Facebook, Fosua revealed that she was in a relationship with a young man whom she loved dearly.
According to her, they dated for some time until she was hit with the unexpected from her boyfriend. Fosua narrated that after years of being faithful to her lover, he broke her heart - he married another lady instead of her.
''I dated this guy whom I love so much, when it was time for him to marry he married someone else, I was cool with its because and I was very young,’’ the early part of her post read.
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Source: Legit.ng
