The Rev. Janet Broderick, the rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills and the sister of actor Matthew Broderick, has been hospitalized after testing positive for the novel coronavirus.
After an initial assessment, Janet Broderick was moved to the ICU and placed under isolation where she was tested for COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
“I am sorry for you to hear this news,” Broderick was quoted as saying in a letter to the parish. “I am so thankful for your prayers as I have been ill.”
Broderick, the sister of Matthew Broderick who played the title character in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” said she was “through the worst of this and very, very much on the mend. Jesus has been so close to me the whole time and scriptures have upheld me. I so look forward to being together again in worship, to praying with you and singing a hymn.”
Broderick, 64, is being treated for a “severe form of pneumonia” at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, according to NJ.com.
The diocese said Broderick possibly got the virus at a religious conference in Kentucky attended by about 500 people.
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has crossed 1,600, with nearly 50 deaths, leading President Trump to declare a national emergency.
Speaking in the White House’s Rose Garden Friday, Trump said the declaration would open up access to up to $50 billion in financial assistance for states, localities and territories, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Globally, more than 142,500 people are infected, and more than 5,300 have died, according to the World Heath Organization.
SOURCE: Christian Post, Anugrah Kumar
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