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(I'm Australian, and very much pro-NZ except for when a cricket match is being played). NZ has 7.3% of UK's population. Auckland has about 1/4 the population
by tomhoward 6y ago
(I'm Australian, and very much pro-NZ except for when a cricket match is being played).
NZ has 7.3% of UK's population.
Auckland has about 1/4 the population density of London's.
NZ's airports have have approx 7% the number of annual passenger movements as UK, and that's before you count the significant numbers of travellers who enter the UK by road or rail.
When the virus started to spread internationally, NZ and Australia were in summer and early autumn, whereas London in recent months has had the same cool winter/early spring conditions that Wuhan, Milan, Madrid, Korea and northern US have had when their outbreaks were most severe.
I agree NZ and Australia have done well to contain our outbreaks.
But we've been aided by infinitely more favourable conditions than the UK and US.