We heard yesterday about New Zealand removing coronavirus, with Prime Minister Jacinda Arden announcing that all social distancing limitations were being lifted, except for border closures.
But New Zealand wasn’t the very first country to remove the infection– there are at least 8 other nations that have already done so.
But initially, the guidelines
It is very important to point out that we’re just counting the nations that reported cases and came down to no active cases.
So countries that have actually not reported a coronavirus case, such as Samoa and Tonga, do not count.
Johns Hopkins University’s COVID Tracking Project has a list of 188 countries and regions with reported cases– that list also consists of the Diamond Princess cruise liner.
We have actually listed nations listed below after going through that list, inspecting the overall cases versus their reported recoveries and death tolls.
And, appearance, we don’t wish to remove from New Zealand’s victory.
The nations below have small populations and most only reported a handful of cases
Our mates throughout the ditch had a total of 1,504 confirmed and possible cases of the virus; far more than Montenegro’s 324.
Montenegro
This coastal European nation, nestled amongst Albania, Serbia and Croatia, declared itself COVID-free back on May 25
That was 69 days after its first case was reported.
As we stated above, there were 324 cases in the nation. 9 people passed away from the infection and 315 individuals recuperated
For context, the Balkan republic has a population of 620,000
Prime Minister Dusko Markovic happily stated it the “first coronavirus-free nation in Europe” during a press conference where he ripped off his facemask.
Foreign nationals