"Israel is the first new entrant into the top of the Resilience Ranking since Bloomberg started keeping track in November, with the pantheon of COVID success stories dominated by economies in the Asia-Pacific," Bloomberg said. "But unlike many top-performing places where entry is tightly policed to keep the coronavirus out, Israel's vaccine-driven normalization means it's easing border curbs quickly," it continued.
New Zealand and Singapore are considered the safest, because they have enforced their lockdown and social distancing measures to a great level of efficiency. Australia and Taiwan follow
"The Ranking's top four show that snuffing out or containing Covid early continues to pay off in quality of life. But, with the exception of Singapore, these places are lagging on vaccinations as low caseloads have made the virus a distant threat. Going forward, that could put them at a disadvantage as the economies racing ahead with vaccination start to fully reopen," Bloomberg said.
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