The main risk to New Zealand is that the virus could cause disruption to healthcare services as more very sick people would be expected to need treatment. With good treatment, outcomes are excellent, but treating sick people disrupts other healthcare activity and so keeping the numbers of infected people low is very helpful.  What should you do about it right now?   There is certainly no need to panic, no need to avoid neighbours and no need to rush into anything now, but an orderly move to a higher state of preparedness is certainly called for. The key is trying to prevent transmission, and having the ability to help yourselves so that emergency services are freed to deal with others who cannot.   Visit your neighbours - community bonds are really important at times like this. Help elderly neighbours and relatives to prepare.   This is a good time to review your emergency kit -are all your essentials in place?    Stock up on non-perishables like rice ...

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