New Zealand PM: coronavirus ‘eliminated’ and life can resume without restrictions

New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and will lift all containment measures except for border controls, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, making it one of the first countries to do so.

“While the job is not done, there is no denying this is a milestone … Thank you, New Zealand,” Ardern told reporters.

“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.”