[midasuni]

NZ locked down at the point the U.K. was in the 50k new infections a day range.

They had an extra month of warning compared to Europe, that made a big difference.

[eloff]

And a lot less people traveling back and forth between hot spots.

[midasuni]

Even ignoring the tens of thousands of people crossing the uk-france border daily, heathrow alone sees (saw) immense transfer traffic that airports like Sydney and Auckland don’t.