Tribulation Times
January 29, 2020
(Psa 6:2) Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
POPE FRANCIS: "I pray for the people who have become ill because of the virus that has spread in China. May the Lord welcome the dead in his peace, comfort the families and support the great work already put in place by the Chinese community to fight the outbreak.”
HEADLINE: Wuhan coronavirus: China will contain ‘demon’ outbreak, Xi Jinping says as death toll mounts
VIDEO: One day in Wuhan through a photographer's lens
ASIANEWS.IT: Coronavirus contagion in China continues with 106 victims
Chinese health authorities are revising upwards the death toll from the coronavirus that is spreading across the country: to date, 106 deaths have risen sharply compared to 81 yesterday. Regarding the number of total infections, the National Health Commission reports that there are 4,515 confirmed cases. In just 24 hours, 1,680 more people contracted lung infection. According to the government agency, there are almost 7 thousand other suspected cases and awaiting clinical confirmation.
This morning because of the epidemic, Beijing postponed the beginning of the spring semester for schools and universities across the country. At the moment, students are on vacation for the Chinese New Year and the Ministry of Education has not made public a date for the resumption of lessons. School leaders are required to "ask students not to go out, gather together, hold or participate in centralized activities," reads a government note.
At today's meeting, the National Health Commission announced that another 6,000 medical staff members have been mobilized to combat the spread of the virus in the epicenter of the epidemic - Hubei province. To limit population flows and facilitate checks, yesterday the communist regime decided to extend the holidays by three days. They should originally have ended on January 30th.
The virus, which first appeared in the city of Wuhan, has been identified in more than a dozen other countries. Last week Beijing isolated Hubei province in the largest registered quarantine operation and is building two new hospitals to treat patients with the virus. The government plans to finish building the structures in 10 days. President Xi Jinping created a special committee to deal with the epidemic.
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Wuhan virus: a visual explainer
CDC NEWSROOM: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Updates
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Stopping the Coronavirus: Have We Learned the Lessons from SARS?
UCANEWS REPORT: Chinese churches suspend Masses as deadly coronavirus spreads
Hankou Diocese in Hubei province has announced the suspension of community activities in all its parishes as the province is on high alert to check the virus. Restoration programs will be notified separately, it said in a notice.
St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai Diocese in Xujiahui on Jan. 22 said it will be temporarily closed and no prayer services or Masses will be conducted during Chinese New Year.
Holy Family Catholic Church in Wuchang, which is just across the Yangtze River from Wuhan, has issued a notice suspending all Masses temporarily following a government directive.
Ningbo Diocese in Zhejiang province has asked parish priests not to distribute communion on tongues from Jan. 22 as a preventive measure. "The church members shall receive the Eucharist in their hands," it said in a notice seeking parishioners' prayers to end the epidemic.
A Hubei priest, who asked not to be named, told UCA News that although the situation is "very serious," churches should not stop Masses. "In the current situation, shouldn't we pray more?" he asked.
A Catholic layman in Hebei, identified only as Paul, said he was "worried that the authorities would use this to crack down on the Church."
"If it spreads quickly and uncontrollably, church meetings and gatherings may be banned. Authorities may also use this a pretext to crack down on the Church more severely," he said.
HEADLINES OF CONCERN
Wuhan virus could infect 150,000 people a day
WHO Admits to Error in Its Risk Assessment of China Coronavirus
Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program
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(Psa 6:2) Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
POPE FRANCIS: "I pray for the people who have become ill because of the virus that has spread in China. May the Lord welcome the dead in his peace, comfort the families and support the great work already put in place by the Chinese community to fight the outbreak.”
HEADLINE: Wuhan coronavirus: China will contain ‘demon’ outbreak, Xi Jinping says as death toll mounts
VIDEO: One day in Wuhan through a photographer's lens
ASIANEWS.IT: Coronavirus contagion in China continues with 106 victims
Chinese health authorities are revising upwards the death toll from the coronavirus that is spreading across the country: to date, 106 deaths have risen sharply compared to 81 yesterday. Regarding the number of total infections, the National Health Commission reports that there are 4,515 confirmed cases. In just 24 hours, 1,680 more people contracted lung infection. According to the government agency, there are almost 7 thousand other suspected cases and awaiting clinical confirmation.
This morning because of the epidemic, Beijing postponed the beginning of the spring semester for schools and universities across the country. At the moment, students are on vacation for the Chinese New Year and the Ministry of Education has not made public a date for the resumption of lessons. School leaders are required to "ask students not to go out, gather together, hold or participate in centralized activities," reads a government note.
At today's meeting, the National Health Commission announced that another 6,000 medical staff members have been mobilized to combat the spread of the virus in the epicenter of the epidemic - Hubei province. To limit population flows and facilitate checks, yesterday the communist regime decided to extend the holidays by three days. They should originally have ended on January 30th.
The virus, which first appeared in the city of Wuhan, has been identified in more than a dozen other countries. Last week Beijing isolated Hubei province in the largest registered quarantine operation and is building two new hospitals to treat patients with the virus. The government plans to finish building the structures in 10 days. President Xi Jinping created a special committee to deal with the epidemic.
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST: Wuhan virus: a visual explainer
CDC NEWSROOM: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Updates
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: Stopping the Coronavirus: Have We Learned the Lessons from SARS?
UCANEWS REPORT: Chinese churches suspend Masses as deadly coronavirus spreads
Hankou Diocese in Hubei province has announced the suspension of community activities in all its parishes as the province is on high alert to check the virus. Restoration programs will be notified separately, it said in a notice.
St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai Diocese in Xujiahui on Jan. 22 said it will be temporarily closed and no prayer services or Masses will be conducted during Chinese New Year.
Holy Family Catholic Church in Wuchang, which is just across the Yangtze River from Wuhan, has issued a notice suspending all Masses temporarily following a government directive.
Ningbo Diocese in Zhejiang province has asked parish priests not to distribute communion on tongues from Jan. 22 as a preventive measure. "The church members shall receive the Eucharist in their hands," it said in a notice seeking parishioners' prayers to end the epidemic.
A Hubei priest, who asked not to be named, told UCA News that although the situation is "very serious," churches should not stop Masses. "In the current situation, shouldn't we pray more?" he asked.
A Catholic layman in Hebei, identified only as Paul, said he was "worried that the authorities would use this to crack down on the Church."
"If it spreads quickly and uncontrollably, church meetings and gatherings may be banned. Authorities may also use this a pretext to crack down on the Church more severely," he said.
HEADLINES OF CONCERN
Wuhan virus could infect 150,000 people a day
WHO Admits to Error in Its Risk Assessment of China Coronavirus
Virus-hit Wuhan has two laboratories linked to Chinese bio-warfare program
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 27- "On holy stillness of body and soul"
68. Faith is the wing of prayer; without it, my prayer will return again to my bosom. Faith is the unshaken firmness of the soul, unmoved by any adversity. A believer is not one who thinks that God can do everything, but one who believes that he will obtain all things.
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