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Praised For Curbing COVID-19, New Zealand's Leader Eases Country's Strict Lockdown

By Julie McCarthy
Published April 25, 2020 at 6:00 AM MDT
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has applied her trademark empathy in rallying her country to not just flatten the coronavirus curve — but crush it.

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Julie McCarthy
Julie McCarthy has spent most of career traveling the world for NPR. She's covered wars, prime ministers, presidents and paupers. But her favorite stories "are about the common man or woman doing uncommon things," she says.
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