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| A child collects water at the Rohingya refugee camp, Bangladesh. Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC, 2019 |
The statement comes in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic during which one of the most important pieces of advice for prevention of infection is hand-washing with soap and water.
“However, it is not possible for everyone in the world to wash their hands several times a day simply because they do not have access to adequate safe and clean water for drinking, let alone for hand-washing,” the statement reads. “People in refugee camps, for instance, are at greater risk due to lack of sufficient water.”
Until the world finds a vaccine for COVID-19, hand-washing with soap and water is our best preventative measure, along with social distancing.
“WCC and ACT Alliance recognize and affirm the World Health Organization’s guidelines to prevent infection and combat the pandemic and call upon their members around the world to give highest priority to ‘doing whatever we can do to protect life’ and to follow strictly the rules and guidelines from authorities based on WHO guidelines,” the statement reads.
"Coping with the Coronavirus" - WCC landing page
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway.
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