PEOPLE in North America are apparently keeping their spirits up during COVID-19 isolation by howling at the moon.
The unusual grass-roots mental health initiative has been growing each night, with the movement urging people to emerge from their homes at 8pm each evening.
Community howls were first heard in Colorado, and have spread to cities across the US and in Canada.
It doesn't seem to matter whether there's a full moon or not, with a group in Edmonton, Canada now numbering more than 4,000 people howling nightly along with their dogs, according to CBC News.
"It's just kind of that light at the end of the day after you've made it through another day of sitting at home," said one participant.
And the coronavirus lockdown is also potentially going to lead to a "catastrophic" global shortage of condoms.
Reports from Malaysia cite significant concerns from latex manufacturers, with a nationally imposed isolation forcing the closure of many rubber factories.
Contraceptive giant Karex - the source of about 20% of the world's supply of condoms - says restrictions mean this month it expects to make about 200 million less prophylactics than usual.
"The world will definitely see a condom shortage," one official said, describing it as "definitely a major concern".
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