8 Countries Apart From New Zealand That Have Declared Themselves Coronavirus-Free

New Zealand recently lifted its social distancing rules because the country has zero coronavirus cases now. Jacinda Ardern, the country's Prime Minister said that she did a little dance when New Zealand was declared coronavirus-free. However, New Zealand is not the only country to have done so. There are others around the world that have reportedly freed themselves from the virus. Here are 8 countries apart from New Zealand that have been declared COVID-19-free.

Vatican

On June 6, The Vatican announced that there were no more Covid-19 cases in the country, as all 12 patients recovered. The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, reportedly said in a statement that the last person found to have been infected with the coronavirus in recent weeks had tested negative, reports HT.

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The city state did not report any deaths because of the pandemic. On June 7, Pope Francis addressed the population for the first time in Saint Peter¡¯s Square since the health emergency began.

Fiji

Taking to Twitter he wrote, ¡®And even with our testing numbers climbing by the day, it¡¯s now been 45 days since we recorded our last case. With no deaths, our recovery rate is 100%. Answered prayers, hard work, and affirmation of science!¡¯

Tanzania

Earlier this week, Tanzania¡¯s president claimed that his country is free of coronavirus. However it should be noted that this claim came six weeks after the African nation stopped publicly updating virus data.

¡°Corona in our country has been removed by the powers of God,¡± President John Magufuli, reportedly declared.

Kilroy

Even as Tanzania¡¯s number of COVID-19 cases has been stuck at 509 for six weeks, the opposition and neighboring countries estimate that the cases could be in thousands.

Montenegro

Montenegro declared itself coronavirus free on May 24, sixty nine days after it first reported its first COVID-19 case.

It was the first European country to declare itself coronavirus free. The country reported 324 confirmed cases of COVID-19 illness and nine deaths.

Seychelles

This island nation claimed itself to be coronavirus-free as early as May 18. Its health ministry announced that there were a total of 11 COVID-19 cases, all of whom recovered; there were no deaths.

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St Kitts and Nevis

This West Indies nation declared itself coronavirus-free on May 19 when all its 15 confirmed COVID-19 patients reportedly recovered. According to the government, all the cases had travel history.

Papua New Guniea

This Pacific nation declared itself free of the coronavirus as early as May 4. It had reported 24 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths.

Total

Even though we seem to be far away from the point where we will have no new COVID-19 cases, this gives us hope that we will eventually get there.