1. How New Zealand managed to successfully tackle the virus

    Jacinda Ardern
    Image caption: Jacinda Ardern's leadership during the pandemic has been widely praised
    New Zealand said yesterday it would be lifting its lockdown restrictions next week after successfully containing the virus.Its "going hard and going early" approach has been globally hailed - just five new cases were announced overnight adding to the 1,445 total.
    No doubt its remote location and small five million population helped its efforts. But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's leadership and skill in reassuring the public during the tough shutdown have also been widely praised.
    "Jacinda is a brilliant communicator and an empathetic leader," one government adviser told the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil.
  2. The pandemic visualised             
    Worldwide, the number of confirmed cases now stands at 2,472,259. This graph illustrate how steep the rise in infections has been.
    It took more than two months for cases to reach one million, but just 13 days to reach two million.And that's just the confirmed cases, which of course depends on testing.The number of actual infections, especially in poorer countries, is thought to be much higher.

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