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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence joined over 700 pastors on a conference call Friday to pray for strength and stamina amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Multiple periods of controlled social distancing measures will be necessary into 2022 to beat the new coronavirus if there are no other treatments implemented to fight it, such as a vaccine or expanding critical care capacity, according to a group of Harvard researchers studying the pandemic.

Christians of all denominations have responded to the Pope's call to prayer in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mr Johnson confirmed on Twitter: "Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus. I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government's response via video-conference as we fight this virus.

Several patients at senior homes in Spain have been found dead after being abandoned by staff during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the country's defense minister revealed, and prosecutors are now promising to prosecute those responsible.

Seven in ten men said they had taken part in "rough sex", with over half saying pornography had influenced their behaviour.

The Lambeth Conference, a major gathering of bishops from across the worldwide Anglican Communion, has been postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus.

Bishops in London - the UK's coronavirus epicentre - have gone one step further than official Church of England guidance requires and closed their church buildings in addition to suspending public worship.

A 60-year-old pastor has become the first patient with COVID-19 to die in Malaysia as the country's coronavirus cases climb to the highest in Southeast Asia.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is calling on world governments to account for religious freedom in their responses to the coronavirus outbreak, citing concerns with some government and societal responses to the crisis.

Members of Congress are demanding that the government of India release a Tennessee pastor who continues to be detained in the country even after he resolved a customs case brought against him for allegedly not paying duty on money he brought into the country.

Donald Trump has announced that Sunday 15 March will be a National Day of Prayer in the United States amid the coronavirus health crisis.

"We're thankful for technology that allows us to host church online and stay connected as a community during this time," said Bethel Church.

Since the beginning of 2020, at least 350 Christians have been killed across West African countries, a Nigerian civil society organization claims.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals in San Diego that created vaccines for Zika and Ebola is now on a race to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus and deliver it to the world.