Praying the News Summary 17

Summary: Country of the Week: Syria
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Summary: On March 15th, 2019, the Christchurch mosque shootings occurred. The attack plead guilty at his trial. Keep praying for the families who lost loved ones in the attacks.
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Summary: The judge overseeing the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay is retiring, which means a new judge needs brought up to speed before the trial can proceed. The prisoners have been held without a trial and conviction since their capture.
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Summary: PRAISE: French Christian charity workers who were kidnapped in Iraq in January have been freed.
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Summary: Nazarene Compassionate Ministries prayer updates
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Summary: Live update: 500,000+ cases around the world. Cases in US overtake Italy's cases as well as China's cases. 8,000+ deaths in Italy. 1,000+ deaths in US. 4,000+ deaths in Spain.
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Summary: Live update
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Summary: Live update. 30,000+ deaths worldwide. 10,000+ of those deaths in Italy
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Summary: 21,000+ dead from virus globally.
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Summary: First virus case in Guantanamo Bay.
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Summary: Pray for those navigating the virus in a foreign country.
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Summary: The US has 82,400+ cases compared to China's 81,700+ and Italy's 80,500+. 21 US states have stay at home orders.
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Summary: PRAISE: A separatist militia in Cameroon is calling a 2 week ceasefire so people can get tested for the virus.
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Summary: Mexican citizens (with less than 500 cases) want the border with the US ( with over 65,000 cases at the time of the article) to close.
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Summary: Pray for the refugees in camps during this pandemic.
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Summary: Pray for hospitals facing shortages.
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Summary: It took 2 days to pass the next 100,000 cases (so 67 days, 11 days, 4 days, and 2 days to lay out the timeline from previous articles with this new statistic). 20,000+ deaths worldwide
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Summary: South Africa enters a 3-week lockdown as they pass 1,000 cases, including their first deaths.
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Summary: 20% of US on lockdown. Record unemployment numbers.
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Summary: Pray for truck drivers, railroad workers, and others involved in transporting necessary goods.
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Summary: PRAISE: ICE detainees with health problems are being released from county jails with virus cases.
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Summary: Pray for refugees facing a pandemic from overcrowded camps. One camp in Kenya has 8 doctors for nearly 200,000 people. One camp in Greece was built for 3,000, but houses 20,000.
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Summary: 86,000+ cases, including 9,100+ deaths in Italy.  580,000+ cases and 25,000+ deaths worldwide.
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Summary: More virus outbreaks on another cruise ship. Pray that they can get the proper supplies and assistance.
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Summary: Jordan has sealed off the province with its second largest city after an outbreak happens after a wedding was held.
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Summary: 5-10% of patients who recovered from the virus in an area of China tested positive again.
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Summary: 44,000+ cases, including 500+ deaths in New York
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Summary: 100,000+ cases in the US
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Summary: PRAISE: US leaders worked together to pass a bill to help their citizens navigate the pandemic & effects of lockdowns
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Summary: PRAISE:150 factory workers in Tunisia have voluntarily self-isolated in their factory for a month so they can continue producing masks for their country. 227 cases, including 6 deaths in their country.
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Summary: Pray for low-income families which need help, but may slip through the cracks in the system.
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Summary: Pray for students with disabilities to get the accommodations and help they need with the transition to at home learning.
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Summary: Pray for medical staff dealing with shortages
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Summary: Pray for the virus outbreak in DC to be handled well
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Summary: PRAISE:The city od Wuhan has partially reopened!
PRAISE: Of South Korea's 9,400+ cases, 4,800+ have recovered (that's more than half!)
Wuhan had 50,000+ of China's 81,000+ cases. 600,000 cases with nearly 136,000 recoveries. 104,000 cases in the US.
There is a chart with the total number of cases and deaths by country.
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Summary: Pray for India's 1.3 billion people as they are midway through a 3-week lockdown. They had 4 hours to prepare for the lockdown.
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Summary: Russia starts its non-working week to slow the spread of the virus. They just passed 1,000+ cases.
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Summary: Over 86,000 cases including 9,100+ deaths in Italy.
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Summary: The cruise ship off of Panama has had 4 deaths and 2 more cases of the virus. 750+ cases in Panama. 10,000+ cases in South America.
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Summary: Pray for doctors, medical workers, and their families.
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Summary: Pray for migrant children in US custody. A judge is considering releasing them from government centers so they won't catch the virus. 3 children in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement have tested posted.
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Summary: In 112,000 cases in the US including 52,000+ cases in New York state.
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Summary: 17,000+ cases, including 1,000+ deaths in the US.
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Summary: Two days ago, there 500,000 cases worldwide. Now there are 614,000 cases worldwide. 72,000+ cases in Spain.
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