# Corona Blocker

> Take a break from Coronavirus news, block ALL mentions of Coronavirus from top news websites and social networks.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/corona-blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/corona-blocker)

## Overview

- **ID:** `corona-blocker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Abdullah Diaa
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2020-04-08
- **First published:** 2020-03-25
- **Size:** 6.45 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/corona-blocker/)
- **Website:** [https://twitter.com/CoronaBlocker](https://twitter.com/CoronaBlocker)

## Description

Corona Blocker is a Firefox add-on that allows users to take a break from Coronavirus news. It blocks all mentions of Coronavirus from top news websites and social networks. The add-on replaces Coronavirus images with cat photos and redirects URLs with the keyword 'corona' to cat relaxing videos.

## Rankings

- #46,162 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `*://*.facebook.com/*`
- `*://*.twitter.com/*`
- `*://*.worldometers.info/*`
- `*://*.statista.com/*`
- `*://*.cnn.com/*`
- `*://*.cnbc.com/*`
- `*://*.bbc.com/*`
- `*://news.yahoo.com/*`
- `*://news.google.com/*`
- `*://*.huffpost.com/*`
- `*://*.nytimes.com/*`
- `*://*.foxnews.com/*`
- `*://*.nbcnews.com/*`
- `*://*.washingtonpost.com/*`
- `*://*.theguardian.com/*`
- `*://*.wsj.com/*`
- `*://*.go.com/*`
- `*://*.latimes.com/*`
- `*://*.almasryalyoum.com/*`
- `*://*.elwatannews.com/*`
- `*://*.coronameter.co/*`
- `https://google.com/covid19-map`
- `*://ensonhaber.com/*`
- `*://*.who.int/*`
- `*://*.google.com/*`
- `https://covid19.saglik.gov.tr/*`
- `*://*.aa.com.tr/*`
- `*://*.rt.com/*`
- `*://*.reddit.com/*`
- `*://*.france24.com/*`
- `*://*.usatoday.com/*`
- `https://flic.kr/*`
- `https://giphy.com/*`
- `*://*.aljazeera.com/*`
- `*://*.aljazeera.net/*`
- `https://www.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.facebook.com`
- `*.twitter.com`
- `*.worldometers.info`
- `*.statista.com`
- `*.cnn.com`
- `*.cnbc.com`
- `*.bbc.com`
- `news.yahoo.com`
- `news.google.com`
- `*.huffpost.com`
- `*.nytimes.com`
- `*.foxnews.com`
- `*.nbcnews.com`
- `*.washingtonpost.com`
- `*.theguardian.com`
- `*.wsj.com`
- `*.go.com`
- `*.latimes.com`
- `*.almasryalyoum.com`
- `*.elwatannews.com`
- `*.coronameter.co`
- `google.com`
- `covid19.saglik.gov.tr`
- `*.aa.com.tr`
- `*.google.com`
- `ensonhaber.com`
- `*.who.int`
- `*.rt.com`
- `*.reddit.com`
- `*.france24.com`
- `*.aljazeera.com`
- `*.aljazeera.net`
- `*.usatoday.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: facebook.com, twitter.com, worldometers.info, statista.com, cnn.com, cnbc.com, bbc.com, yahoo.com, google.com, huffpost.com, nytimes.com, foxnews.com, nbcnews.com, washingtonpost.com, theguardian.com, wsj.com, go.com, latimes.com, almasryalyoum.com, elwatannews.com, coronameter.co, ensonhaber.com, who.int, gov.tr, com.tr, rt.com, reddit.com, france24.com, usatoday.com, flic.kr, giphy.com, aljazeera.com, aljazeera.net, youtube.com
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/corona-blocker)