FILE PHOTO: People walk past a sign warning to wear masks after California lifted its regional stay-at-home orders during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan rank the top three in a COVID Performance Index of almost 100 countries for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Britain and America near the bottom of the pile.
The Lowy Institute said its index published on Thursday excludes China, where the first cases were identified in December 2019, due to lack of publicly available data.
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