Praying the News Summary 23

Summary: Country of the Week: Maldives
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Refugee Crisis

Summary: 380+ Rohingya refugees were rescued by the coast guard of Bangladesh. More than 2 dozen had already died.
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Other Requests

Summary: Join Nazarene Compassionate Ministries in praying for our world
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Summary: Live Updates: 2.1 million cases including 140,000 deaths globally. Detained migrant children in the US are testing positive for the virus.
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Summary: Live Updates: 2.15 million cases including 145,000 deaths.
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Summary: Live Updates: 150,000 deaths globally. 4.5 billion people are under containment.
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Summary: Live Updates:
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Summary: 2 million cases worldwide including 610,000 cases in the US.
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Summary: 120,000 deaths globally. 1.4 billion children's schooling
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Summary: 25%+ of Michigan's workforce has filed for unemployment. 28,000+ cases including 1,900+ deaths.
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Summary: 9,200+ US healthcare workers are sick due to the virus including 27 who have died.
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Summary: 635,000+ cases including 30,900+ deaths in the US.
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Summary: A third of sailors on a French aircraft carrier test positive for the virus. 17,000+ deaths in France.
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Summary: PRAISE: Germany is starting to reopen.
It has 127,500+ cases including 3,200+ deaths. The article summarizes what other European countries are doing to loosen or tighten restrictions.
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Summary: 2 million+ cases including 136,900+ deaths globally. 638,000+ cases in the US including 30,800 deaths.
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Summary: At least half of Guatemala's 200 virus cases come from deportees from the US. There is a threat of sanctions if Central American countries refuse to take their deportees from the US.
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Summary: 71,000+ cases in New Jersey, including 3,100 deaths. A nursing home there had 17 bodies in a morgue meant to hold 4.
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Summary: The UK extends their lockdown for 3 weeks as they pass 13,700 deaths.
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Summary: A national emergency has been declared in Japan until May 6th.
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Summary: 2,500+ cases including 34 deaths in South Africa.
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Summary: Pray for those facing the virus under strict regimes.
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Summary: Pray for the 22 million in the US who have filed for unemployment in the past month.
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Summary: Pray for those who were unable to get the loans they needed as government funding ran out.
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Summary: Around half of US schoolchildren are out of school as 26 states close school for rest of the academic year.
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Summary: PRAISE: Vietnam has no deaths and less than 300 cases
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Summary: 654,000+ cases including 32,100+ deaths in the US.
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Summary: The continent of Africa has 18,000+ cases.
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Summary: 3,800+ deaths in China's Hubei province.
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Summary: US cases make up over 25% of the world's cases and US deaths make up 22% of the world's deaths.
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Summary: The US has 4,500+ deaths in a day. A new record. 672,200+ cases including 33,000+ deaths in the US.
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Summary: There's a surge in deaths in Ecuador. The country has confirmed 8,200+ cases including 400+ deaths.
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Summary: South Korea is seeing an increase in the number of recovered patients who have tested positive again.
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Summary: Pakistan's orders to limit large gatherings at mosques is being flouted. They have 7,000+ cases including 130+ deaths.
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Summary: Workers who usually send money to family members in other countries are facing financial difficulties.
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Summary: Spain's lockdown measures hasn't allow children to play outside for the last month
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Summary: PRAISE: Spain is allowing children outside again starting April 27th.
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