PHOTO: ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFFLand at Damper Bay owned by Peter Thiel.
Rich Americans are reportedly fleeing to their bunkers deep beneath New Zealand to avoid the coronavirus outbreak.
New Zealand has been lauded internationally, and especially by media in the United States for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic by introducing a stringent lockdown early.
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Meanwhile New York has become the epicentre of the virus, which has killed more than 30,000 Americans.
United States President Donald Trump has also been criticised for how he has handled the health crisis. Last week he picked a fight with governors, claiming he had the “total” authority to decide when the US economy reopens and then attacked the World Health Organisation, announcing he would suspend funding to the global agency.
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