Sharing some first hand experience...I can assure you the threat is real, but they've definitely gotten a bit extreme in their efforts to contain; mandatory self-quarantines at home for everyone in the country, masks at all times outside, daily online work reports to submit to govt, and I have to have a pass to come in and out of my own residential complex. Entire cities (the size of NYC) on complete lock-down. People are now voluntarily covering their drains at home, wearing gloves, safety glasses, masks and plastic suits walking outside, touching elevator buttons and door knobs with metal prods, followed by immediate torching of the contact points. Police are calling individuals at home to double check of their condition and status. Drones with speakers scanning the intersections publicly identifying those without masks to "encourage" safety. Kind of stuff sci-movies are made of! Yikes! Not to understate the seriousness of those who have died, especially since it isn't over yet, but everything I am explaining is a nationwide reaction, while 95% of the deaths have occurred in only one district and still far less damage than the normal influenza virus. In that sense I guess containment has worked...we shall see.
