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'We needed to go': Rich Americans activate Covid-19 pandemic escape plans

New Zealand features prominently in plans for doomsday survival

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Medical staff of a mobile unit take samples from people in cars to test for Covid-19 at a drive-through position at the Santa Maria. AP

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As coronavirus infections tore across the US in early March, a Silicon Valley executive called the survival shelter manufacturer Rising S Co He wanted to know how to open the secret door to his multimillion-dollar bunker 11 feet underground in New Zealand.
 
The tech chief had never used the bunker and couldn’t remember how to unlock it, said Gary Lynch, general manager of Texas-based Rising S Co “He wanted to verify the combination for the door and was asking questions about the power and the hot water heater and whether he needed to take extra water or air filters,” Lynch