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Based on an official statement by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia will go under movement controls or restrictions from 18 March until 31 March 2020 due to COVID-19. This is largely due to the rise in numbers of cases in the past few weeks globally and the recent mass gatherings locally. 

It seems that MyEG’s official website has recently started offering the COVID-19 Rapid Test Kit, which can be purchased for only RM99. Not only that, but their website also shows you how to properly use the aforementioned kit.

The cases of Covid-19 in Malaysia have increased to a total number of 553 by today. While the cases are increasing, it doesn’t mean we have to panic over the virus and cause unwanted chaos in our society. At this time, we think that everyone should follow the precautions to stay away from crowded places and keep yourself hygienic. Meanwhile, in the US, Google’s sister company has developed a site which offers free Covid-19 screening tests to specific counties, as one of the measures proposed by the US President Donald Trump.

These days, collaborations between companies are more diverse than before. Many of them are partnering up with other companies that have nothing similar at all. For instance, fashion brands can be teamed up with food manufacturers like what Supreme and Oreo did to bring us those expensive red-coloured Oreo cookies. Now, we have a new collaboration coming soon which appears to be a partnership between Maybank and realme.

Based on HONOR Malaysia’s official website, it seems that the upcoming HONOR 9X Pro is expected to be unveiled on 19 March 2020. While not much is known in regards to the exact Malaysian pricing of the aforementioned website, it will most likely be priced around RM1100.

Based on a report by astroawani.com, it seems that around 50 victims fell prey to a group of E-Wallet scammers who have managed to bag around RM600000. In order to pull the scam off, some individuals in the group will act as agents who will seek out selected individuals and promise them up to RM300 if they were to sign up.

The hype around Final Fantasy 7 Remake has made many gamers wonder what other games could be remade. For Sony, it seems Silent Hill is the series they're going for. Allegedly, sources are claiming that work on two Silent Hill games are planned and that Sony will be backing them.

Huawei recently unloaded what seems to the Huawei P40 series teaser video on their Weibo account, which doesn’t seem to show much other than the launch date which will be on 26 March 2020. Based on what we know so far, the aforementioned smartphone series will most likely consist of the Huawei P40, P40 Pro, P40 Pro Porsche Design as well as the P40 Pro Premium Edition.

Guess what else is actually getting a boost due to the coronavirus? Steam records. That's right, Steam recorded a new all-time high in concurrent users yesterday, with up to 20 million players seen on the platform. It being a Sunday, along with the quarantines and lockdown in many countries may have contributed to the staggering new record.

If there's one thing we learned in recent weeks, it's that the effect of the coronavirus pandemic can sometimes result in fun happenings. For example, last week there was news of a professor in China conducting online lessons using anime avatars. Now, we have news of students hosting their own graduation ceremony in Minecraft.