Kuala Lampur, Jan. 26 -- An online petition has been launched to urge the government to ban Chinese Nationals from entering the country, with some 149,000 in support of the call.

The petitioner named Muhammad Zaim Yusran Mohd Zaidy said there was an urgent need to prevent Chinese nationals from entering the country due to the recent outbreak of Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

"The new virus is widely spread throughout the world because of its unhygienic lifestyle.

"The government should think more about the health of Malaysians. Don't wait until there is death among Malaysian people then only the government wants to take some preventive action,'' said Muhammad Zaim on the petition page.

To date, health officials are still finding the exact o...