POSTCARDS: SOUTH AMERICA’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LOCK DOWN AS CORONAVIRUS TAKES HOLD
ANASTASIA MOLONEY and FABIO TEIXEIRA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
Using lessons from Ebola, West Africa prepares remote villages for coronavirus
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation West African countries are using community health systems set up after the Ebola outbreak to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus in remote areas, health experts said on Wednesday. After Ebola swept through the region from 2014 to 2016, countries like Senegal trained community workers to proactively check for symptoms […]
“We’re all gonna get through this”: Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz on coronavirus diagnosis
RNS Hillsong Church NYC pastor Carl Lentz is urging people to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously after testing positive for COVID-19 himself. Lentz confirmed his diagnosis Tuesday to Religion News Service. He’d first announced it Monday night in an Instagram Live video that is no longer available. In this 23rd October, 2017, photo, Carl Lentz, a pastor […]
Countries must not squander chance to control coronavirus – WHO
Zurich/Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Countries that have locked down their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus need to put a premium on finding new cases and doing everything they can “to suppress and control” the virus, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said US President Donald Trump had displayed “political […]
Univision and Los Angeles Archdiocese partner to offer Mass on local TV channel
Los Angeles, USRNS Parishioners from the largest Catholic archdiocese in the country can now access Spanish-language Mass on local TV in the wake of the novel coronavirus that has led to the cancellation of the public services. Through a partnership between Univision television network in Los Angeles and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Spanish-language […]
STRANGESIGHTS: AS CLERGY TURN TO LIVESTREAMING, NOT ALL GOES TO PLAN; A MARATHON EFFORT; AND, HOW MUCH TOILET PAPER?…
DAVID ADAMS reports on the odder side of life…
Church of England attracted largest ever “congregation” to online service
The Church of England attracted its largest ever “congregation” on Sunday as the suspension of public worship in churches due to the coronavirus led people to head online for a national virtual service. The service, which was led by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and held in the crypt chapel of Lambeth Palace in London, is […]
Americans divided as states postpone abortions over coronavirus
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The US states of Texas and Ohio have ordered abortions be postponed as non-essential procedures to free up resources to fight coronavirus, a move critics said on Tuesday was political. Officials in the two states, which already have severe restrictions on abortions, said postponing elective procedures would allow beds […]
Updated: Australia warns of impending health system crisis amid surge in coronavirus cases
Updated: 12.45pmSydney, AustraliaReuters Australian officials warned that an accelerating number of coronavirus infections could start overwhelming the country’s intensive care units, as stricter social distancing measures came into force on Wednesday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced new curbs late on Tuesday that will close more non-essential businesses, pushing the country closer to the stricter lockdown […]
CENTRAL AMERICA: FLEEING URBAN GANGS, PEOPLE HEAD TO THE COUNTRY
CHRISTINE MURRAY, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how hundreds of thousands of Hondurans and Salvadorans have been forced to abandon their homes in recent years due to gang violence…