"No, coronavirus won't turn you into a zombie," assures Malaysian government amid rumours

Amid widespre panic over Coronaviris outbreak, rumours likening it to zombie apocalypse were doing rounds making situation worse. In an attempt to check  spre of misinformation surrounding Coronaviris, Malaysia's government recently took to social media to dismiss rumours about people turning to Zombies due to infection from dely Coronavirus. " dely Wuhan virus will t cause victims to transform into a Zombie," confirmed government.

Malaysians fear turning into a zombie like Walking De

citizens of Malaysia have reportedly been under stress over rumours that strain of Wuhan 2019-nCoV virus would turn m into zombies as y dismissed possibilities of medical treatment. y also struck a comparison of coronavirus with disease in Hollywood zombie apocalypse movie Walking De.

Malaysia has been struggling to control misinformation

Malaysia's health ministry dismissed rumour in a tweet, saying, " claim that individuals infected with this virus will behave like zombies is t true. Patients can recover." y furr ded, “ death rate is low (between two to three per cent) as compared to MERS-CoV (around 34 per cent) and SARS (about 10 per cent).”

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Malaysia has been struggling to control misinformation circulating in country through various channels about wrong figures of death toll and infection cases, suggest reports. Malaysian Police have reportedly me six arrests in connection to circulation of false reports and rumours about virus.

Amongst individuals that police have detained was a 49-year-old tutor who was detained on charges of uploing fake content pertaining to virus. Ar 28-year-old woman was under investigation on charges of improper use of network facilities in Malaysia, suggest reports. According to authorities, she can be fined up to 50,000 Malaysian ringgit and may have to serve prison time for at least a year.

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