Here in Thailand and last week in Singapore, the reaction to the virus is a lot more measured by the general public. Before we headed out here both countries had way more cases than the U.K. 35 and 90. Now the situation is reversed and for all the people who were worried about us going travelling we are now saying that we are more worried about coming home than being out here. There is no mass panic or crazed purchases of shop supplies. People are getting on with their day to day lives and just taking sensible precautions. Hand gel is everywhere in all public places and in shopping centres, public buildings and attractions in Singapore are taking your temperature before being allowed in. The same experiences here in Thailand at a couple of hotels we have stayed in. Some people wear masks but most people tend to stick to the advice that masks are only useful if you are high risk or ill yourself. The government of Singapore has provided masks for all of their citizens to use if they become ill and airports have medics checking temperatures of arriving passengers with teams on standby to take you into quarantine should you raise any concern.
Anyway my point is that the west seems to be in mass hysteria and south east Asia is not.