10.5 million children lost a parent or caregiver because of covid, study says

‘Little is being done to care for children left behind,' warn authors of the global study

...“When you have deaths of this magnitude, certainly without help you can weaken the fabric of a society in the future if you don’t take care of the children today,” Hillis said.

In their letter, she and her co-authors wrote that “while billions of dollars are invested in preventing COVID-19-associated deaths, little is being done to care for children left behind.”..

10.5 million children lost a parent or caregiver because of covid, study says - The Washington Post