Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has announced there are no more active cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The country of 5 million saw over 1,500 cases and 22 deaths total. As of today, there have been no new cases and the last known person has fully recovered.
According to NPR,
New Zealand, which responded quickly to the threat of the disease, is often cited as a model for how other countries might handle the crisis. In March, it imposed a two-week quarantine on anyone arriving from abroad and quickly followed that with a monthlong stay-at-home order for all New Zealanders. Cases peaked in early April and then quickly fell off over the next few weeks. By late May, New Zealand had just one active COVID-19 case.
Well done, New Zealand!