> there have been no domestically transmitted cases in Wuhan or Hubei province since mid-May.
I'm somewhat suspicious of this when New Zealand wasn't able to keep it to zero. China might be able/willing to impose stricter policies, but New Zealand is an island.
I have no doubt New Zealand will get back to 0 cases since they reached 0 from a far higher rate earlier in the year. It's currently ~10 cases per day they are detecting.
They haven't identified the gap in the quarantine that allowed this current outbreak but it looks like an edge case regardless since they stayed at 0 cases for almost 6 months now.
China hasn't been able to keep it to zero, new cases have been imported and there have been flare ups but they keep them from growing with mass testing and lockdowns, the same as New Zealand is doing now.
> but New Zealand is an island
Every country can effectively be an island if they want.
Not really. The US has more than 7,000 miles of land borders, not to mention sea crossings. Closing European borders to that extent is equally impractical.
I'm somewhat suspicious of this when New Zealand wasn't able to keep it to zero. China might be able/willing to impose stricter policies, but New Zealand is an island.