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New Zealand eliminates Covid-19 with zero active cases reported

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Wellington, June 08: New Zealand on Monday said that it has reported zero active cases of COVID-19 for the first time since the novel coronavirus reached its shores, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the deadly virus.

The South Pacific nation said that the last of its coronavirus patients has recovered. That makes it one of the few countries in the world to have successfully eradicated the pathogen, and the first among those that suffered a sizable outbreak. Only a handful of nations can make the claim, mostly small islands that had very few infections to begin with.

This development came just hours before New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expected to announce a lifting of all remaining restrictions on people and businesses, barring strictions on border controls to keep the virus out, paving the way for a resumption of normal life.