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Covid: could Britain have been more like New Zealand? Linda Geddes
(Video by Evening Standard)
The UK’s physical isolation sets it apart from its continental neighbours, but could its island status have protected it from the full horror of Covid-19, had it closed borders in early 2020, as New Zealand and Taiwan did?
Both have been applauded for their efficient handling of the pandemic, with just 33 Covid-19 deaths between them. Other island nations such as Tonga, in the South Pacific Ocean, have reported no infections.
“To be an island in 2020 or 2021 is probably the greatest geographical gift you could have,” said Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh.
Wuhan one year on: The city that appears safe from Covid - but at what cost?
One year after the Covid-19 pandemic erupted, our China Correspondent returns to Wuhan and asks whether all is really as it seems
23 January 2021 • 6:00am
Two uniformed guards wielding thermometers stand at the public entrance of what was once Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, and watch as I fumble with my phone.
To gain entry, they tell me to scan a QR code and register my details on a contact-tracing platform. But my signal is weak and an error message flashes on my screen. I show it to them. ‘It’s not working.’