Brazilian official who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump

Fabio Wajngarten, a senior Brazilian official who met with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago just days ago, has tested positive for coronavirus.

Ireland closing all schools amid coronavirus outbreak

Ireland is closing all schools, colleges, childcare facilities and cultural institutions until March 29.

Italy imposes nationwide travel restrictions in desperate bid to contain COVID-19

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says travel restrictions and other strict public health measures will be imposed nationwide starting Tuesday to try to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

China now has more recovered coronavirus patients than people still infected

China has seen a marked improvement in the number of coronavirus cases. There are now more people who have recovered than patients still battling the illness.

Israel announces 2-week quarantine for all overseas arrivals amid coronavirus concerns

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has decided to place anyone arriving from overseas into quarantine in a move to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak. 

Child pulled from rubble of collapsed quarantine hotel in China

Rescuers pulled victims from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, China, on March 8, which state media reported had been used as a coronavirus quarantine site.

Family accidentally orders 12 years' worth of toilet paper

Reports say that the family meant to order 48 rolls of toilet paper, but instead ordered 48 boxes, which contains 2,304 rolls.

'This is ridiculous': Long line snakes outside Australia Costco amid panic-buying

 A long queue of customers pushing trolleys snaked around the entrance to a Costco outlet in Melbourne on March 8 as many supermarkets in Australia were left with shortages of toilet paper and other items due to coronavirus-related panic buying.

Stocks, oil prices plunge as coronavirus closes sites around world

The world’s largest economies are delivering more worrisome cues as anxiety over the virus outbreak sends stock and oil prices plunging.

Full worm supermoon on deck: What you need to know

The celestial event will be the first of three supermoons in 2020, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. EarthSky notes that the full worm moon will be the second-closest of the year’s supermoons.

Travel chaos erupts as Italy quarantines north to halt COVID-19 coronavirus

Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday for its northern regions, igniting travel chaos as it restricted the movements of a quarter of its people in a bid to halt the new coronavirus' relentless march across Europe.