Hall of fame
Individuals
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Prime Minister of Greece
Jacinda Ardern
Prime Minister of New Zealand
K. K. Shailaja
Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Kerala state, India
Li Wenliang
Chinese ophthalmologist who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital
Alex Friedrich
Virologist and head of microbiology and infection control at the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
Erna Solberg
Prime Minister of Norway
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Prime Minister of Iceland
Tsai Ing-wen
President of Taiwan
Advocate for improving the conditions of long-term care during the pandemic
Premier of Victoria. Crushed Covid twice.
Countries
Note: While much of this data is from the beginning of the pandemic, useful lessons can be learned from previous containment efforts. Several countries that chose to keep cases low (rather than zero) have since experienced significant outbreaks.