The new coronavirus has turned to a pandemic and has sparked fear of coronavirus. The World Health Organisation has spread information on how to prevent/slow down the spread of it.
Fear of the dark is a common fear or phobia among children and, to a varying degree, adults. A fear of the dark does not always concern darkness itself; it can also be a fear of possible or imagined dangers concealed by darkness. Some degree of fear of the dark is natural, especially as a phase of child development.