Dhaka: Coronavirus took the world by surprise. Many of the most developed countries failed to protect their citizens. New Zealand, Australia, Latvia, or Cyprus are a big exception.

The Lowy Institute has looked at which countries and what types of Governments responded best. The Institute found there was not a great difference between rich and poor countries.

According to ABC News, New Zealand tops the Lowy Institute list as the country with the best response to coronavirus, Australia sits eighth. The Lowy Institute has collected massive data that assesses the coronavirus response of almost 100 nations.

Best global response to COVID-19: New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Cyprus, Rwanda, Iceland, Australia, Latvia, Sri Lanka

The Lowy Institute has looked at which countries and what types of Governments responded best

The Institute found there was not a great difference between rich and poor countries

Researchers tracked COVID-19 case numbers in each country, as well as confirmed deaths and testing rates.

The United States has been ravaged by the pandemic and languishes near the bottom of the table, at number 94. Indonesia and India did not perform much better, sitting at numbers 85 and 86, respectively.

Lowy did not rate China’s response to the pandemic, citing a lack of publicly available testing data reports ABC.