The Church of God’s Response to COVID-19: Difference between revisions

===Support for Healthcare Workers===

Healthcare workers and medical staff, who served at the forefront of the Covid-19 response, were the busiest during the pandemic, taking care of patients at risk of being exposed, and striving to manage facilities to prevent the spread of the infection. They sometimes suffered burnout because of their hard work and dedication.<ref>Yeonhoon Jang et al., [https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-11978-0 “Burnout and peritraumatic distress of healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic,”] <i>BMC Public Health</i>, Nov. 12. 2021.</ref><br>[[ASEZ (World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group)|ASEZ, University Student Volunteer Group]], and [[ASEZ WAO (Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group)|ASEZ WAO, Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group]], of the Church of God supported healthcare workers who combat COVID-19 and cure patients, such as medical staff and officials from government agencies, local governments, police stations, and fire stations, through the [[The Heart-to-Heart Project|Heart-to-Heart Project]] and Cheer Up Campaign. The young adults visited hospitals, police stations, and fire stations in 150 countries, including U.S., U.K., Peru, Australia, India, and Korea, and delivered appreciation gifts that contained handwritten letters and snacks to express their gratitude. They delivered 40 gift sets that included face masks, hand sanitizers, snacks, and thank you letters, to two emergency patient transfer centers in Manchester, U.K. Sarah, one of the workers from the center, said, “Your activities make us feel that we are recognized. We love this job, but we had a difficult time for the past few months. Thank you so much for this meaningful activity.”