New Zealand is COVID-19 free after the recovery of the person with the last active case of the virus.

The country has gone 17 days without a new case after implementing one of the world's strictest lockdowns on March 26.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-restrictions-world-covid-19-deaths-pass-400000/91b3d516-dffb-4864-96c5-e85e9c05efa8