‘We don’t want that,’ Trump says of New Zealand after country reported nine new COVID-19 cases

‘We don’t want that,’ Trump says of New Zealand after country reported nine new COVID-19 cases

Andrew Noymer, an associate professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine, said it’s a stretch for Trump to say New Zealand had ever “beat” the virus, since the pandemic was raging elsewhere and New Zealand has needed mitigation efforts to keep cases low.