Coronavirus: How New Zealand went ‘hard and early’ to beat Covid-19

By Anna Jones
BBC News

In late June, two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New Zealand.

When many countries are registering thousands of cases a day, two seems little to worry about.

But until that point, New Zealand had gone 24 days without a single case, so these – linked to quarantine breaches – were enough to lead to the resignation of the health minister.

So what was the strategy behind New Zealand’s Covid-19 success?