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Supermoons occur when the moon is within 90% of perigee -- which is its closest approach to earth in orbit. The moon will appear brighter and bigger in the night sky.

China's ruling Communist Party imposed a quarantine lockdown on tens of millions of people -- first in Wuhan and then the rest of Hubei province -- beginning January 23, making the central Chinese city the first place in the world subjected to draconian restrictions now seen in many countries 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was in hospital due to persistent coronavirus symptoms, has been taken into intensive care, Downing Street has said. UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab took charge as Johnson was moved to the ICU.
 

Watch how South Korean job applicants wrote an exam at a football stadium while maintaining social distance to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

A Frenchman fell into a stream while trying to walk across Pyrenees mountain range to reach Spain. He wanted to buy cheap cigarettes during the coronavirus lockdown. He was later rescued by mountain police and fined

When world is petrified and is looking for light at the end of the tunnel, the statistics of recovered patients offer some hope. A whopping 2.6 lakh victims have recovered from COVID-19 worldwide since the outbreak from December last year.
 

Nadia, a four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York, has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), the authorities confirmed on Sunday (April 5)

The total number of people who have died since the start of the pandemic in the United States is now 7,40. Trump told a White House briefing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was urging people to wear face coverings like scarves or homemade cloth masks.

In countries stricken by conflict, where health systems have already collapsed, “the worst is yet to come” as the coronavirus continues to spread, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned on Friday (3 April), reiterating his call for a global ceasefire to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic

The White House physician said that US President Donald Trump has tested negative for the novel coronavirus for a second time and is "healthy" and not displaying any symptoms for the deadly disease. Sean Conley, Trump's physician, did not provide any context for the second test.