News & Reviews:   Coronavirus

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture(Motac) is now facing criticism by netizens after allowing the Malaysia Travel Fair 2020 to proceed. Despite the Prime Minister’s call to postpone or cancel all forms of events and gatherings, the event was held at PWTC from 13-15 March and it attracted a large amount of crowd during that period of time.

With the covid-19 strain of novel coronavirus now declared a pandemic, it has become all the more important to enact drastic prevention measures. This is why Apple has announced that it will be closing all of its retail stores outside of China till 27 March 2020.

When No Time To Die got delayed to November 2020, we had a bad feeling of other upcoming blockbuster movies will face the same consequences. Just a few hours ago, we got the news that fans of Fast and Furious 9, A Quiet Place 2, and Mulan will need to wait longer because the movies are being delayed due to the outbreak of coronavirus which is already declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Earlier today, Malaysia Airlines recently posted an update on their Facebook page stating that due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, any customers who booked flights between 10 and 31 March 2020 will be eligible to re-book their flights to another date for free. However, it is best to note that you’re only eligible to re-book only once for free and any subsequent booking will be subjected to the usual rescheduling fee.

Based on a statement by thehackernews.com, it seems that cybercriminals are utilizing a ‘coronavirus map’ to steal sensitive information such as passwords from any unsuspecting victims. The method in which they acquire such information is by tricking the users to download a software which is embedded with a malware called AZORult, which collects information from web browsers such as cookies, user ID, passwords and more.

Malaysia has gone up to 129 confirmed Covid-19 cases since yesterday. As of now, proactive measures are taken seriously within the corporate buildings and shopping malls. Tenaga Nasional Berhad(TNB) has rolled out proactive measures at their Headquarters in Jalan Bangsar, Wisma TNB Jalan Timur, Petaling Jaya, and all branches nationwide.

Recently, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) released an official statement which states that one of the staff has contracted the COVID-19. Fortunately, MCMC recommended the staff to quarantine herself for 14 days starting from 4 March 2020, which reduced the potential of the virus spreading.

It seems that China could be planning to utilize robot arms to perform various medical tasks on COVID-19 patients that could put doctors at risk if done in person. The aforementioned robot arms have cameras built-in and it can be controlled by an operator even if they are not located in the same city as the patient.

The coronavirus outbreak has now penetrated even more countries out of China recently which does not just rise the health concern but fake news is also spreading out rapidly. Today, Google has seemed to be hiding all the apps that are related to the coronavirus.

Covid-19 (aka Coronavirus) is a big topic of the year. Not only has the virus taken thousands of lives in China, but also spread to other countries and regions at a fast pace. The circumstance has led people to discuss it widely on the Internet, be it sharing new updates or providing ways to prevent the virus. However, there are some platforms in China that censor words that are related to the virus, and one of them is WeChat.