Tag: COVID19
Chinese cities and factories lock down as COVID-19 outbreak spreads
While the caseload is low in global terms, it is deeply alarming in China where authorities have been squashing clusters since early 2020
Papal nuncio lauds Filipinos’ strong faith amid pandemic
“I think one of the encouraging things in the Philippines is that as COVID is disappearing, numbers of Masses are returning with strength”
Cebu archdiocese releases guidelines for Holy Week observance
All activities, especially those that entail the gathering of people, will be conducted in close coordination with the local government units
Elderly care homes in eye of Hong Kong’s deadly COVID storm
In less than three months, the fifth wave's 600,000 infections have thoroughly eclipsed the 12,000 recorded in the pandemic's first two years
Macau diocese to offer special prayers for sick in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is now the throes of its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak fuelled by the extremely contagious Omicron variant
Sri Lanka ends widely condemned Muslim burial policy
The country's top health official said the bodies of virus victims could now be handed over to relatives for burial at any cemetery
Obispo ng Bataan, nagpapaalala na mag-ingat pa rin sa COVID-19
“Huwag po tayong magpabaya at huwag maging kampante. Ipagpatuloy pa rin natin ang ating pag-iingat," ayon ka Bishop Ruperto Santos
Filipinos start Lenten observance on Ash Wednesday with relaxed COVID-19 restrictions
Most COVID-19 restrictions were scrapped this week after a sharp drop in infections and increased vaccinations
Virus wave deepens grim conditions for Filipino domestic workers in Hong...
Women from the Philippines and Indonesia who work as domestic helpers have suffered more under Hong Kong's pandemic restrictions
Filipinos allowed to receive ashes on forehead as COVID-19 health restrictions...
The Episcopal Commission on Liturgy of the bishops’ conference said priests are now allowed to put ashes on the foreheads of churchgoers