Is New Zealand still the world’s best COVID manager?

Monday, 1 March 2021

A month is certainly a long-time in the age of COVID.

In late-January, New Zealand was ranked as the world’s best COVID manager by think tank, the Lowy Institute, beating out Vietnam (2nd), Taiwan (3rd), Thailand (4th) and Cyprus (5th). Australia was ranked 8th best COVID manager in the world.

New Zealand’s performance since then has deteriorated with the nation grappling with on again-off again outbreaks and 16 local cases recorded over February:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.