Who would have thought jobs would end, or businesses would suddenly suffer and close - and people would be lining up at supermarkets?
Yet this is what is happening. Our lives have been turned upside down, and inside out.
This crisis means experiencing myriad emotions.
Stress, fear, panic and extreme frustration are things I have felt over the past week and I am sure many of you have also experienced similar feelings.
Stress in not knowing how this will end.
Fear for family, friends and colleagues.
Panic as I wonder if the person next to me in the supermarket has the virus and will suddenly cough in my direction. Will I catch it?
And extreme frustration. Just how did we get to this point and have we acted fast enough?
New Zealand's cases are primarily due to overseas travel, meaning the
increase in cases seen here is still due to how many people are arriving with Covid-19,
not how it is spreading in New Zealand.
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locations.