Since the discovery of the first case of new crown pneumonia in 2019, the new crown virus has been raging around the world for two years, and so far, the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 300 million, and the number of deaths has reached 5 million.
Especially in western countries led by the United States, the medical system is almost facing collapse, the number of confirmed cases in the United States alone is more than 63 million, and the number of confirmed cases is increasing in millions of units every day, breaking the record high.
The first country: North Korea
North Korea is a very mysterious country in the eyes of the world, and except for the few sources available on the Internet, people's understanding of it can be described as lacking.
As a neighbor of the mainland, North Korea is also bordered by Russia and South Korea, and in this epidemic, these countries have been hit to varying degrees, coupled with the early outbreak of the new crown epidemic on the mainland, it is reasonable to say that they should be more or less affected, but the truth is just the opposite.
When the world was still arguing over the origin of the virus, North Korea directly cut off all ties with other countries from the source, and as early as the lockdown of Wuhan, North Korea also closed its doors at the same time, banning all imports at home and abroad, including all customs ports and trade ports, and even now, all people entering North Korea, including diplomats, must be quarantined for 30 days.
For urgently needed supplies, North Korea has always pursued self-sufficiency, diplomatic relations are not so complicated, most of the materials during the epidemic period are transmitted through China, coupled with strict control of import and export goods, it is a good way to fundamentally eliminate the hidden dangers of the virus.
North Korea not only seized the opportunity of epidemic prevention and control, but also achieved the ultimate and rigorous prevention and control measures, large shopping malls and public areas have arranged special personnel to measure temperature, an average of thousands of virus tests per week, and once missed last year's Tokyo Olympic Games, coupled with the assistance of the military and the cooperation of the people, so as to get today's strong epidemic prevention record.
Second country: Khumanstan, the only permanently neutral country in Asia
As a landlocked country, it is not only forgotten by the world, but even the new crown virus has not remembered it, and it is also very powerful to be able to stand alone when neighboring countries are seriously hit by the epidemic.
Like North Korea, the country closed domestic channels and foreign-related aircraft in the early stages of the outbreak, and also implemented strict epidemic prevention measures, so it is very good to protect the virus from outside the country, so that the virus cannot spread domestically.
However, compared with North Korea, Turkmenistan is much more open, mineral resources are also relatively rich, and it is also the main transporter of natural gas on the continent at the transportation hub of Eurasia.
However, it should be noted that Turkmenistan has not cooperated with the United Nations in epidemic prevention and control, so their epidemic data has not been recognized, and whether it is a zero-infection country has not been further confirmed.
Third country: the Republic of Nauru,
It is the smallest island country in the world, and one of the countries with the smallest land area and population in the world, if the first two countries rely on manpower and strict epidemic prevention measures to withstand the new crown virus, then Nauru has been on the starting line from the beginning.
As a small island country with a small area, remoteness and low dependence on foreign trade, its unique geographical location has made it isolated in the Pacific Ocean, and the almost isolated living environment has also made it difficult for the new crown virus to "come".
Although there were suspected infected people here, they were also ruled out after close inspection, so Nauru, which passed by the new crown virus, has become one of the few countries in the world today with zero infections.
Nauru is a country that many people may not have heard of, it is a small island country, because it has a very beautiful scenery is also known as "paradise island", countless seabirds inhabit here, leaving feces after years of precipitation to form a rich phosphate mine, which is a very high-quality plant raw materials, once Nauru is relying on the export of these "guano" to become one of the countries with the highest per capita GDP, second only to the oil kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
But the good times were short-lived, Nauru sat on the mountain and ate the sky, only a few decades to sell out all its resources, coupled with a single energy structure, the enthusiasm of the people is not high, even if the fishery is rich, they are reluctant to fish, and finally returned to the poor country that was once there.
Last country: Tuvalu
With an area of only 26 square kilometers, it is the second smallest island nation in the world after Nauru. Like Nauru, because of its remote location, lack of resources, and poor tourism, these have become a protective shield for the spread of the virus, and it is not surprising that Tuvalu has become a country with zero covid-19 infections.
Surrounded by the sea, Tuvalu has only one road in the country and is the most beautiful coastline in the world, but with the warming climate and rising sea levels in recent years, Tuvalu is at risk of sinking to the bottom of the sea at any time.
As early as 2001, it announced that it would make every effort to combat the problem of sea level rise, but in the end it all failed, and now Tuvalu has "relocated" to New Zealand, and now most of the remaining people on the island are old and infirm, so let alone the virus, it is likely that even people will not survive here in the future.
Seeing this, you may also find that these four countries have one thing in common - closed, north Korea and Turkmenistan, two landlocked countries are closed in external exchanges, almost no contact with the outside world, for them as long as the airport arteries are controlled, they can avoid external imports.
The other two island countries are geographically closed, coupled with the small area and small population, so they have excellent innate conditions in the fight against the epidemic.