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Bainimarama congratulates NZ on being COVID-19 free

Bainimarama congratulates NZ on being COVID-19 free

By Semi Turaga
09/06/2020
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama [Photo: Office of the Prime Minister]

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has congratulated New Zealand for being COVID-19 free.

The last remaining active COVID-19 case has recovered in New Zealand.

It has marked 18 days in a row without a new case.

In a message to New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Bainimarama wrote that he hoped to meet again with Ardern soon in our post-COVID future and welcome back her partner, Clarke to Fiji for a jig.

New Zealand has lifted almost all of its coronavirus restrictions. Under new rules, social distancing is not required and there are no limits on public gatherings, but borders remain closed to foreigners.

International borders will remain closed.

Ardern says she did "a little dance" when she was told the country no longer had any active virus cases.

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