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New Zealand and Australia both won plaudits last year for their approach to COVID-19. Isolation and strict lockdowns were the names of the game, with the aim of getting COVID-19 infections down to zero. But the delta variant and the vaccine have Australia changing the playbook, while New Zealand is sticking to the zero-tolerance strategy.