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Did countries with stricter COVID-19 lockdowns stop the spread after all?

By Sarah Bedford
Published March 25, 2022 6:36pm ET
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Did countries with stricter COVID-19 lockdowns stop the spread after all?
A lab technician working a bottle containing for COVID-19 vaccine testing at Chula Vaccine Research Center, run by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 25, 2020. Thai health officials said that scientists in Thailand have had promising results in testing a COVID-19 vaccine candidate on mice, and have begun testing on monkeys. | (Sakchai Lalit/AP)

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, world leaders pursued different strategies for containing the virus, often with differing results.

Some countries, such as New Zealand, virtually sealed their borders and implemented monthslong lockdowns to try to stop the spread of the virus.

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