Ndi kufalikira kwa Coronavirus padziko lonse lapansi, zachuma ndi mafakitale osiyanasiyana akukumana ndi zovuta chifukwa cha mliriwu. Izi zikuphatikiza makampani opanga ma telecommunication komanso kutulutsa maukonde a 5G. Komabe, zikuwoneka kuti kufalikira kwa ma virus komwe kudachokera ku China kwathandiza dzikolo kupita patsogolo pa mpikisano wa 5G.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, akatswiri ena ku US adaneneratu kuti China ipitilira dziko lakumadzulo pamtundu wotchedwa "5G." Mlingo wokhazikitsidwa kwa bandwidth watsopano komanso wachangu wawona zopinga zambiri pakukhazikitsidwa kwake, makamaka popeza dzikolo lasankha makampani aku China monga Huawei, Yemwe amagulitsa kwambiri zida zamafoni ndiopanga zatsopano mu netiweki ya 5G.
Pakadali pano, kukhazikitsidwa kwa 5G padziko lonse kwachepa, koma boma la China, likuwonjezera kugwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje pogwiritsa ntchito njira yatsopano yolumikizirana. Kuyambira February 2020, mizinda yambiri kudutsa China, kuphatikiza chigawo cha Sichuan, yatsekedwa kuti isapitirire kufalikira kwa matenda a coronavirus.