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FEATURE - COVID orphans face grief and poverty as world moves on
Between 10.5 million and 12.4 million children are estimated to have lost at least one parent or caregiver to COVID, a 2022 study showed.
Fri Jun 16 2023
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1.5 million children have lost parents to pandemic; potential brain gateway for virus found
The orphanhood estimates are drawn from mortality data from 21 countries that account for 77 pct of global COVID-19 deaths.
Thu Jul 22 2021