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‘Hidden Pandemic’ as 1.5 million children lose caregivers to Covid-19

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New research suggests that every 12 seconds, a child around the world loses a caregiver to COVID-19.

This startling finding was presented in a report published recently in The Lancet.

The study was conceptualised and produced by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at UCT and the University of Oxford.

Their results reveal that globally 1.5 million children have lost their primary caregivers to the virus, in what is being described as a “hidden pandemic.”

Read the full report HERE

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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