News Release 20-Jul-2021

The Lancet: 1.5 million children worldwide have lost parent, grandparent, caregiver due to COVID-19

The Lancet

Study offers first global estimates of the number of children who experienced the death of a parent, grandparent, or primary caregiver from COVID-19.
Researchers estimated figures based on COVID-19 mortality data from March 2020 through April 2021, and national fertility statistics for 21 countries, and extrapolated findings to produce global estimates.

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