Ī zero-COVID strategy consisted of two phases: an initial suppression phase in which the virus is eliminated locally using aggressive public health measures, and a sustained containment phase, in which normal economic and social activities resume and public health measures are used to contain new outbreaks before they spread widely. The goal of the strategy was to get the area back to zero new infections and resume normal economic and social activities. In contrast to the living with COVID-19 strategy, the zero-COVID strategy was one 'of control and maximum suppression.' It involved using public health measures such as contact tracing, mass testing, border quarantine, lockdowns, and mitigation software in order to stop community transmission of COVID-19 as soon as it was detected. Zero-COVID, also known as COVID-Zero and ' Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, and Support' ( FTTIS), was a public health policy implemented by some countries, especially China, during the COVID-19 pandemic. A barrier on the state border of Queensland and New South Wales preventing interstate travel in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
