Tag: pandemic
Virus-hit Hong Kong considers lockdown as bodies pile up
A breakthrough of the highly transmissible Omicron variant exposed how little authorities had done to prepare for a mass outbreak
Hong Kong invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics
Allowing mainland medics to work in Hong Kong has been a source of debate for years
Firing Hong Kong domestic workers with coronavirus ‘immoral’
Charities said last week that foreign domestic workers in the wealthy city were being "abandoned" amid the COVID-19 wave
Surge in daily COVID-19 infections caps record week in Myanmar
More than 8,000 people were confirmed positive with COVID-19 from Feb. 6-12, a new record for the nation
Pope Francis: Lack of basic health care access is a ‘social...
Pope Francis recalled a lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic, that illness is “a global and not a merely individual phenomenon”
India’s first studio chapel opens in Mumbai
The chapel is specially designed for online spiritual programs, said St Paul Father Johny Panamthanam, director of St Paul’s Multimedia
Pope Francis: Being ‘properly informed’ on COVID-19 vaccines is a ‘human...
“Fake news has to be refuted, but individual persons must always be respected, for they believe it often without full awareness"
St. Thomas Aquinas on Reflexivity
What humans did to the world has taken its toll. COVID-19 is called the "sin of the anthropocene.” The world now speaks back. We need to listen.
Philippine bishops call for more attention on mental health during pandemic
“Let us listen to them because mental health is about listening”
Lockdowns hit Pacific islands as COVID-19 defenses falter
The Solomon Islands has reported a tenfold increase in infections since its first community case was detected in mid-January
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