Washington: United Nations (UN) has assessed the impact of coronavirus on children, saying that thousands of children may be killed this year due to the global recession caused by the epidemic. It said that this could shock efforts to reduce infant mortality. Estimates say that an estimated 4.2 to 4.6 crore children may fall into poverty as a result of the crisis this year.

The United Nations said that 38.6 crore children were already victims of extreme poverty in 2019. The policy brief released by the UN on Thursday: The Impact of Kovid-19 on Children states, "Children are not facing this epidemic." But they are at risk of Covid-19. However, the children are protected from the direct health effects of the coronavirus.

This report on threats to child survival and health states, 'Economic hardship faced by families as a result of the global economic downturn could lead to the death of an additional thousands of children in 2020, which is the infant mortality rate within a single year Can affect the efforts of the last two to three years in reducing

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