QUOTE(Justin.Loong @ Jun 30 2020, 09:12 AM)
Not a typo, that was purposely phrased to exagerate!
Yes, that's the only movie I seen since January before CNY. Skip another Oscar contender, Parasite which was also showing in January.
I was aware of the virus in Wuhan in December, and was cautious of going out to look look see see in places like Pavillion or Mid Valley which I normally do before CNY.
By CNY, everyone in my circle is talking about the Wuhan virus and the cancelling of flights out of China. That's was about the time the 2 Chinese tourists was tested covid-19 positive and were the first cases reported here. Reported cases of covid-19 was several days earlier in Thailand and Singapore. After CNY, the talk was on the Chinese tourists were being stranded here in Malaysia (and also in Thailand and Singapore) and unable to return home to China.
So, after CNY I did not go back hometown to visit my uncles and aunties as I often do in previous years. They have large families, and I not too sure whether any of their family members... newphews, nieces, in-laws... and friends had recently visited China, Macau, or Hong Kong. Also I had refrained from unnecessary trips to the malls and no more going to the cinema. Also no more road trips to the east coast which I sometimes do after CNY. (I work from home and don't have to commute daily.)
By end of February, the virus had spread widely to Europe and some provinces in Italy was announcing lockdown orders.
So to speak, I was aware and alert of a serious virus outbreak since early January.
So was KKM. When I visited a Klinik Rakyat in first week of March, there was a special tent at its parking lot to screen those people who had recently travelled to China, S.Korea, Iran and Italy, if I recalled correctly. Maybe Saudi Arabia too. If you had recently travelled to the listed countries, you are not allowed to enter the klinik but to press a bell to call a nurse to attend to you.
As mentioned at an interview, KKM had already set contingency plans into motion when they heard of the virus outbreak in Wuhan in December. They had initiiated plans to convert several public hospitals to be covid-19 hospitals to specifically handle a possible virus outbreak. I think another important early initiative was getting test kits to detect the new virus.