Covid Chronicle

18/04/2023

The shots would be available for people who are at least 65 years old or immune-compromised.

17/07/2022

The highly contagious omicron subvariant now accounts for more than half of new infections in the U.S.

17/06/2022

Today we remember the Emanuel Nine:
+Clementa C. Pinckney
+Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd
+Susie Jackson
+Ethel Lee Lance
+DePayne Middleton-Doctor
+Tywanza Sanders
+Daniel Lee Simmons
+Sharonda Coleman-Singleton
+Myra Thompson

On June 17, 2015, these beloved children of God were murdered by a self-professed white supremacist while they were gathered for Bible study and prayer at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (often referred to as Mother Emanuel) in Charleston, South Carolina. Pastors Pinckney and Simmons were both graduates of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.

Following Churchwide Assembly in 2019, the Emanuel Nine are commemorated as martyrs every June 17 on our liturgical calendar. Congregations of the ELCA are encouraged reaffirm their commitment to repenting of the sins of racism and white supremacy which continue to plague this church, to venerate the martyrdom of the Emanuel Nine, and to mark this day of penitence with study and prayer.

20/05/2022

18/05/2022

The websites for HHS and the U.S. Postal Service directed people Monday to apply for a third round of at-home tests.

16/05/2022

05/05/2022

"It's an exponential number of other people that are walking around with a small hole in their heart," one widow said.

30/04/2022

14/04/2022

BEIJING (AP) — Anti-virus controls that have shut down some of China’s biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of possible global shockwaves.

08/04/2022

No week of the omicron wave saw more deaths than the week of Jan. 30 to Feb. 5. More than 18,400 deaths were recorded, according to NBC News’ tally.

31/03/2022

31/03/2022

For more than a century, countries have wrestled with how to improve international cooperation in the face of major outbreaks of infectious diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic, which brought the world to a near halt in 2020 and has killed more than six million people, underscores the urgency.