Australia Ranks Eighth Globally for COVID-19 Response Management

A health worker carries out a COVID-19 testing at the Merrylands drive-through clinic on Jan. 7, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Australia has been ranked eighth place globally for its effective handling of the CCP virus with New Zealand claiming the top spot.

The COVID performance index, released today by Sydney-based think tank Lowy Institute, compared and ranked the handling of COVID-19 by 98 countries based on publicly available data.