Praying the News Summary 24

Summary: Country of the Week: Maldives
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Refugee Crisis

Summary: Refugees and asylum seekers are having approved resettlements cancelled due to the virus.
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US Border Crisis

Summary: Pray for immigrants who no longer have a path forward to citizenship for the next two months. The president's executive order applies to permanent residents in the US and not to temporary workers at present.
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Other Requests

Summary: Canada had a mass shooting that killed 16 people.
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Summary: Update: 22 have died due to the mass shooting in Canada.
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Summary: Pray for those in Sri Lanka as they remember the 250 who died in the church bombings a year ago.
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Summary: 52 were killed in a village in Mozambique by militants.
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Summary: Pray for a descalation between the US and Iran.
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Summary: Suspects in Syrian crimes against humanity will appear in court in Germany & face Syrian torture survivors.
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Summary: Live Updates: 2.4+ million cases worldwide including 166,000+ deaths. A hostel for asylum seekers/refugees in Portugal has an outbreak of the virus.
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Summary: Live Updates: 2.5+ million cases including 171,000+ deaths globally.
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Summary: Live Updates: 825,300+ cases including 45,000+ deaths from the virus in the US. 18,100+ deaths in the UK.
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Summary: 735,000+ cases in the US. Pray for protesters to stop violating social distancing rules.
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Summary: Pray for the doctors and scientists searching for treatments and vaccines.
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Summary: PRAISE: New Zealand is able to reduce lockdown measures from level 4 to level 3. They have 1,400 cases and 12 deaths in their population of 5 million.
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Summary: New York & New Jersey have ordered nursing homes to admit patients regardless of their COVID-19 status.
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Summary: New York hospitals are discovering some COVID-19 patients are developing kidney issues and need more dialysis machines.
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Summary: Pray for asylum seekers facing the virus as they travel. A group of 1,500 is facing it in Panama.
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Summary: Pray for those impacted by the president's executive order to stop all immigration into the US due to the virus. 787,000+ cases including 42,000+ deaths.
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Summary: PRAISE: Italy has a lower number of active positive cases.
Italy has had 24,000+ deaths.
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Summary: Ohio has a virus outbreak in its prisons. The cases in prisons account for 20% of Ohio's total cases. In one prison, 75% of the prison population is positive.
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Summary: A juvenile correctional facility has an outbreak of the virus. Over 100 incarcerated children has tested positive nationwide.
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Summary: Ecuador is facing such a surge in deaths, that collecting the dead has been delayed, sometimes even up to 5 days. The country officially has 10,100+ cases including 500+ deaths.
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Summary: There are cases of the virus in a psychiatric hospital in Washington.
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Summary: 788,000+ cases in the US. At least 3 states are moving toward reopening in accordance with Phase 1, without meeting the criteria.
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Summary: Pray for the 135 million globally who are facing food shortages in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Summary: Pray for those facing hate speech and attacks due to misplaced over the virus.
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Summary: Pray for migrant workers in Singapore who are living in dormitories with virus outbreaks.
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Summary: 52,000+ cases including 450+ deaths in Russia.
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Summary: 1.5 million school kids in the US are homeless.
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Summary: Pray for students trying to learn without good access to Wi-Fi.
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Summary: German states are making face masks mandatory on public transportation and while shopping in many states. 145,600+ cases including 4,800+ deaths.
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Summary: Police have stopped people entering and leaving a small Ukrainian town where a monastery is having an outbreak.
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Summary: 825,000+ cases including 45,000+ deaths in the US.
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Summary: PRAISE: Spain is letting children outside after nearly 6 weeks inside.
Spain has had 200,000+ cases including 21,000+ deaths.
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Summary: 70,000+ troops have been deployed in South Africa to enforce their lockdown. 3,400+ cases including 58 deaths.
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Summary: Over 2.6 million cases including 181,000+ deaths globally.
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Summary: Minorities are being impacted by job losses more than other categories. There are racial and ethnic disparities in how people are being impacted by economic losses due to the virus.
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