The internet is riddled with suggestions to keep herself busy during the coronavirus outbreak, but one Australian scientist ended up in hospital thanks to the choice she made to have fun.

With medical authorities around the world advising people to stop touching their faces to help slow the spread of the virus, Melbourne-based Daniel Reardon told CNN he thought of making a sensor that could indicated if the hands were close to the face.

Reardon, 27, had some electronic parts scattered around himself and decided to put his hand on them.

The medical staff made a lengthy description of Reardon's condition.

" I was just annoyed when it happened ," he said, acknowledging that the invention had the opposite effect of what he intended: Instead of making noise as his hands approached his face, they were constantly agitated until he removed them from it.

â?? I laughed and gave up temporarily. Then I started to put magnets on my face. At first I felt tingling in my ear and in one of my nostrils. "He added.

At that point, Reardon had gained only a few temporary body modifications, but things would become a little more stable.

" The problem arose when I put magnets in the other nostrils. All the magnets I had on my face joined what I had between the nose wall and the inside of it! "He said.

Unable to remove them himself, Reardon ended up at the local hospital. He said he spent about an hour there, describing the event as something 'quiet' as coronavirus patients were being taken to another hospital.

â??The staff was 'pleased' with this. Some doctors and nurses came to laugh at and over me. In the end, two doctors pulled the magnets, each pulling out one from the nose. "He said.

Reardon took a photo of the medical report, stating that he had denied having other magnets in his nose.

â??I was in a bit of pain when I was stripped and my noseâ?¦ I hurt myself a lot. But besides, I was laughing at everyone else. "He said.

To date, Australia has had over 4,200 cases of coronavirus and 17 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University figures.

In response to the blast, the country tightened restrictions on movement Monday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said public meetings will be limited to two people and urged residents to stay home, in addition to exits to make necessary purchases, medical care, exercise, work or education.