UN Officials Cite Study that Finds Lockdowns, School Closures Killing More Children than COVID
There will be “intergenerational consequences for child growth and development.”
UN officials have pointed to a study that reveals lockdowns and
school closures are doing more harm to children than the coronavirus
itself, with many more deaths expected to come from the reaction to the
outbreak, rather than the pandemic itself.
In a presentation seeking extra funding for coronavirus efforts, UNICEF director
Henrietta H Fore said
Monday,
“The repercussions of the pandemic are causing more harm to children than the disease itself.”
UNICEF nutrition program chief
Victor Aguayo noted
that the most harm is being done “by having schools closed, by having
primary health care services disrupted, by having nutritional programs
dysfunctional.”
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