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0051/2023 - New Zealand\'s Covid-19 Response Strategy: LessonsLearned
A ESTRATÉGIA DE RESPOSTA DA NOVA ZELÂNDIA À COVID-19: LIÇÕES APRENDIDAS

Author:

• Alcione Brasileiro Oliveira - Oliveira, A.B - <alcionecunha27@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4426-4254

Co-author(s):

• Sônia Cristina Lima Chaves - Chaves, S. C. L. - <schaves@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1476-8649


Abstract:

Objective: This study analyzed the characteristics of the health system, surveillance system, and the measures adopted to face the pandemic of COVID-19 in New Zealand between March 2020 and December 2021. Method: Integrative literature review 29 fully read articles were included, and websites of WHO, World Bank, \"Stringecy Index\" of \"ourworldindata\" were consulted to collect data on the socio-demographic situation, economic indicators of the country, as well as tests, deaths, vaccines and new cases. The data were imported in CSV format and the graphs elaborated in RStudio software. Results: The evidence points out that New Zealand can be considered a success story regarding the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic, being one of the countries with the lowest number of deathsthe disease in the world. This success was the result of a health system organization with fast internal action, high testing capacity, and contact tracing, without reaching the collapse of the health system. In turn, it also pointed of the population, adhered to the confinement conditions, and faithfully followed the instructions of the authorities, even with low community participation in government decisions. Conclusion: important lessons that can be recommended and useful for a potential new epidemic with unknown virus or similar.

Keywords:

covid-19, New Zealand, epidemic.

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