The end-goal of lockdowns vary drastically by country. New Zealand just relaxed lockdown today and have declared "elimination" of all community transmission.
Most countries are seeing death rates beginning to decrease after weeks of lockdown.
Most countries are seeing death rates beginning to decrease after weeks of lockdown.
There were four new cases today. One confirmed by test and three presumptive cases which according to the experts probably have it. Plus there are hundreds of people in isolation/quarantine who are still sick. I wouldn't declare "elimination" just yet.
Even if new cases dwindled down to zero, that doesn't imply elimination either. There might be many asymptomatic people who are not spreading it currently because of the lockdown, but who will start spreading it once they start interacting with people outside of their bubble.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/415278/covid-19-new-zeal...