The world watches Australia and NZ tracking to zero — can we extinguish Coronavirus?

Soon after isolation began, Australian and New Zealand cases started to fall as fast as they rose

This is what Crushing the Curve looks like, and if works it will set the new standard, and change the way the rest of the world views this. It isn’t over yet, but still — something is working and the international press has just started to notice.

Be aware the figures may jump next week, as testing in NSW has ramped up and everyone can now get a free test. But testing is already high per capita, with a very low positive test rates.

Australia has 25 million people and found just 18 new cases yesterday. New Zealand with 5 million people, got five new cases. In the US and UK 700 people are dying every day.

The rise and fall of Australian Covid-19 cases, March and April 2020

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Worldometer

Daily Mail, UK:

Australia is steamrolling the curve

[The] Nation records just 17 cases in one day – including three states with ZERO infections – as the country’s road to ending lockdown is revealed

New York Times:

“Vanquish the Virus? Australia and New Zealand Aim to Show […]