by 23 April 2021
The Archbishop of Cape Town writes:
BISHOP Ellinah Ntfombi Wamukoya, the first woman Anglican bishop in Africa, died on 19 January, aged 69, after being admitted to hospital and receiving oxygen therapy for Covid-19.
After a career as a civil servant, she was ordained priest in 2005 after a long involvement with the diocese of Swaziland, in the Southern African nation now called eSwatini (formerly Swaziland). She served as an Anglican chaplain to the University of eSwatini and was elected bishop in 2012.
Before her ordination, she had been the Town Clerk of Manzini, eSwatini’s commercial hub, having earlier served as the City Planner. She held a Master’s degree in town and regional planning.
Church leaders in Brazil call for help as new strain spreads
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Two women receive Covid 19 vaccination in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, on Monday
Two women receive Covid 19 vaccination in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, on Monday
CHURCH leaders in Brazil have called for urgent support for hospitals as a new strain of the coronavirus spreads rapidly. The country now has the second highest number of Covid-19 deaths after the United States: more than 210,000.
Sister Irene, from the Brazilian organisation REPAM, who works alongside communities throughout the Brazilian Amazon, said: “The situation is dramatic. Many people are dying outside the largest public hospital of Manaus [the capital city of the state of Amazonas] while waiting. The same is happening inside the hospital, due to lack of staff, oxygen, and ICU beds.”
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