We Await The Decision On Metro Lockdown

There was good news on the COVID-19 pandemic the other day — New Zealand’s last case got well and the country appears to be the first to have no more infections or deaths.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said strict border controls will remain in place in the South Pacific nation of five million people, which had a total of 1,154 confirmed cases and 22 deaths, but restrictions on mass gatherings and social distancing limits were no longer needed.

In contrast, there were reports that the United States, which has a population of 328 million, could double its number of COVID-19 deaths to over 200,000 by September. Infectious disease experts in various universities, including Emory, Washington, Columbia, and Harvard, see the coming weeks and months as a period of great uncertainty.