Customers enjoy lunch in the sunshine at the Riverside Market in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday.New Zealand marked a 100 days of being free from the coronavirus in its communities Sunday. New Zealand on Sunday marked 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the coronavirus, a rare bright spot in a world that continues to be ravaged by the disease. New Zealand got rid of the virus by imposing a strict lockdown in late March when only about 100 people had tested positive for the disease. Still, New Zealand’s international tourism industry has collapsed and the country remains more isolated from the outside world than before. Ardern’s government has been reluctant to reopen the border to any other countries, even as other nations cautiously do so.-AP

Source: The Standard August 09, 2020 03:22 UTC