Tag: Coronavirus

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now has only a little over 3,000 active cases of the virus out of almost 14,000 infections. 85 persons have so far been confirmed to have died from the virus, according […]

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Trial vaccine developed by Oxford and made in Italy gains backers

In it, packed with dry ice, were several tiny vials. Each one held a few drops of “seed stock,” a starter kit for the production of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
The company’s job was to turn a few droplets into an amount large enough for 13,000 people — a sufficient quantity to perform ­large-scale trials unfolding on several continents.
“We could really feel the pressure,” said Francesco Calvaruso, the production manager of Advent, which needed two months to grow, filter and purify a trial vaccine known as AZD1222.

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COVID-19 and the First Amendment

Edmund Burke once said, “People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to the law; and those who have most to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous.” By the grace of God, as a society we have not reached that level of despair amid […]

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How Are the Muslim World’s Reacting to the Covid-19 Pandemic?

The Muslim world’s reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic helps to highlight some important aspects of the Islamic faith. It also reveals some important differences between Islam and Christianity. Of course, there are similarities as well. The main one is that Muslims, like Christians, are praying to God to spare them and their loved ones from the contagion. Still, the differences […]

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What Counts as ‘Essential Medical Services’?

The coronavirus crisis has certainly put a lot of things into perspective- and not just the value of relationships with our family or how much money we really need to get by. What counts as essential medical service has also become a topic of national conversation. This is most salient in regard to abortion, though transgender-related surgeries and medical treatments […]

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Updates on COVID-19 Pandemic By The ECWA President 17th April 2020

Updates on COVID-19 Pandemic By The ECWA President 17th April 2020 (Part 1) Updates on COVID-19 Pandemic by The ECWA President Rev. Stephen Baba Panya, 17th April 2020 (Part 2) Weekly updates on the Covid-19 pandemic to all ECWA members by the President, Rev. Stephen Baba Panya. God bless you all.

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Practical Love

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:34-35 In High school, Geography was my favorite subject. We had lots of field trips to see land formations, different types of rocks, rivers, […]

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Teaching and Learning in COVID-19-Time

England declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, just two days after the Nazis invaded Poland. It became a live question, with the Michaelmas term about to begin, whether universities in England should continue to carry out their essential task of learning. For at universities (and any educational institution) students learn (presumably!), and they do so owing to the […]

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Be careful where you get your news about coronavirus

News about the new and deadly virus that appeared in Wuhan, China in December of 2019 is everywhere. The virus is now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the disease it causes is called COVID-19. Where should you turn for the latest information on a rapidly changing situation? It’s hard to beat the convenience of the internet, and […]

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Coronavirus Not Created But Invented?

There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. 1 Sam. 2:2 The concept of God’s holiness is beyond our ability to fully comprehend. It is His character, indispensable and central to who He is. God’s holiness embodies all His other attributes like: Righteousness, Goodness, Kindness, Mercy, Justice, […]

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