Written by: ICC (International Christian Concern)
Article Source: www.persecution.org
As the number of coronavirus-stricken patients continues to rise in China, with more than 500 cases recently confirmed in four prisons, the friends and family of imprisoned Christians are very concerned for the health of their loved ones.
Rencheng Jail in China’s eastern province Shandong has confirmed 207 cases of the virus. A Christian human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, has been incarcerated in the same province, and his wife Li Wenzu has not been able to learn about his updates, as her regular visit time on February 13 “was canceled due to the ongoing spread of Coronavirus.”
Very concerned for the health of her husband, she called the Linyi Prison and asked to speak to Wang on the phone, only to be quickly shut down by the staff.
Please pray for protection for Christians who are still incarcerated in the Chinese cells, such as pastor John Cao, elder Hu Shigen, pastor Zhang Shaojie, pastor Bao Guohua, and others whose lives could be greatly endangered if the epidemic reaches their prisons.
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Date published: 02/03/2020
Feature image: A women wears a protective mask as she past the church on February 8, 2020, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The number of those who have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV, in China climbed to 724.
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