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Ebola to affect NZ economy?
Business leaders are keeping a close eye on the global response to Ebola.
Business New Zealand's Phil O'Reilly says cases in Europe and the United States could have eventually have an impact on our economy as well.
The number of cases is now more than 10,000...over half of those people have died.
Calls for restrictions on travel and trade are growing, after a doctor in New York doctor was diagnosed with the disease.
Mr O'Reilly says there's likely to be a knock-on effect.
He says freight might be delayed, business people held up and incoming flights disrupted.
Fonterra says Ebola is already affecting its operations in West Africa, where it does about 150 million dollars worth of business a year.
