Snap lockdowns curb virus in Melbourne, Auckland

Well handled and now back to normal again.

"We wanted to make sure we took a cautious approach because that's much, much better than getting it wrong and having a large-scale outbreak and a long lockdown," she said.

Famous last words?

Great work.

Underpromise, overdeliver. These things do work. Swift, firm, decisive action.

Nay sayers will be like yeah but......

Simple question. Would you have preferred the softer less decisive action and left things to chance ? (new highly contagious UK strain)

Yes?

Then I'm glad we get to waste our time here rather than you guys being anywhere near the halls of policy and decision making. We get to see plenty of what half-hearted token efforts and coordination look and feel like right here in Japan.

NZ and Australia showing its allies and foes how its done

6 millions in lockdown for 3 cases. That's not what I would call a success to work that way. By doing that, most countries would be in continous lockdown.

New Zealand dodged another bullet it seems. For all the praise the Ardern government gets, they have been extremely lucky.

Honestly if I have to listen to her use words like 'be kind', 'the team of 5 million' and so on, again, I will be severely ill.

Better job than most other places