People who think that women are not suited for politics and political decisions might have to rethink their position after knowing that six nations in the world, all led by woman are ¡®crushing it¡¯ when it comes to COVID-19.?
New Zealand¡¯s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern became the world¡¯s favourite with her response to the terrorist attack in her country. Now she is leading by example again as New Zealand till date has only one death related to coronavirus. The country has reported a decline in coronavirus cases, and as of Friday the total number of cases in the country stand at 1,239, of which 317 have recovered.?
A Washington Post headline reads, ¡®New Zealand isn¡¯t just flattening the curve. It¡¯s squashing it¡¯.?
Ardern told her citizens, "Act like you have coronavirus. Every move you then make is a risk to someone else. That is how we must all collectively think. That¡¯s why the joy of physically visiting other family, children, grandchildren, friends, neighbours is on hold."
Germany, led by Angela Merkel is also flattening the curve. There are over 118,000 cases in the country of which 52,407 have recovered. Out of the closed cases (recoveries plus deaths) Germany's ratio stands at 95% recoveries.
?Belgium, headed by Prime Minister Sophie Wilm¨¨s, number of cases hasn't slowed down yet, but the death rate has dropped to 50% and in closed cases the recovery rate is 67%.?
The youngest Prime Minister in the world, Sanna Marin¡¯s country Finland has also seen a decline in death rate. Of the 300 cases closed, the recovery rate is 88%. The lockdown there has been extended by a month till mid-May.?
Katr¨ªn Jakobsd¨®ttir who leads Iceland, has had the tremendous recovery rate of 99% recovery rate(688/694 closed cases recovered). The country has also seen a drop in COVID-19 positive cases since the beginning of April.
?Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen has received worldwide praise for response towards coronavirus. Denmark has seen a drop in new cases since April 6 and the country might start lifting lockdown in phases soon.?
On top of all these countries, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan too have responded efficiently to COVID-19. But one simply cannot ignore the fact that women-led governments are proving to be very effective.